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Mere

/mˈɪr/
B2
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(adj) Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.

I'm not a real fish, I'm just a mere plushy.
You are no longer a mere child.
CEFR Practice Quiz
It was a ____ coincidence that we both happened to be in the same small town at exactly the same time.

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