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Quantum physics is too difficult for a mere mortal to understand.

A mere repetition of other people's research cannot be called true scientific research.

mere coincidence

There is but One who is absolutely by and through himself, — namely, God; and God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life.

According to the "ahl al-haqq" the universe consists of only one substance, and all what we name generations and corruptions, death and life, is a mere combination or dissolution of modes.

Is it mere coincidence that "banality", when anagrammed, reads "Ban Italy"?

Mum, a mere woman surrounded by men, works in a construction company as a site foreman.

Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.

Mere decay produces richer life.

The Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity.

Condillac, with sensationalism, revolutionised the concept of mind, making language and gesture prior to ideas, shattering Locke's conception of language as a mere passive medium.

a mere child; the merest suggestion of criticism; it was sold for a mere £45

"We did a slow circuit of the castle, watching Thomas roll down the steep parts of the hill, feeding the ducks that by this stage in the season were so well stuffed they could barely be bothered to come over for mere bread. "

questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals

However, in any historical process, such details are mere trivialities.