mere existence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandexistence
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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existence
noun
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
the fact of something or ...
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(Definition ofmereandexistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Since they have no explicit timing (unlike designs, they have several sequentialisations), the question of themereexistenceof a sequentialisation becomes essential.
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If, however, themereexistenceof another coronal in the inventory were a sufficient criterion for maintaining distinctiveness, this approach could prove promising.
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Even in the democratisation project, themereexistenceof civil society does not equate with hitherto identified crucial roles.
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Themereexistenceof organized markets does not necessarily induce a higher level of specialization relative to barter.
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Themereexistenceof individual differences tells us nothing about word learning.
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The random links do not have to be strong; themereexistenceof these links serves a miraculous function of linking up closely knit communities.
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It is our contention, however, that themereexistenceof such competition is not sufficient for all groups to be included in party appeals.
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But the use of social relationships for political discussions depends upon more than themereexistenceof social ties.
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Some speakers consider themereexistenceof the language as secret, and they would deny having a language of their own.
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Inertial mechanics is established, therefore, on the most extreme strangeness imaginable: pure action hooking on tomereexistenceto result in a lawful world.
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For it would better help preserve the kinds of natural balance on which, in the last analysis, mankind's prosperity, and even ourmereexistence, depend.
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However, themereexistenceof a bias or behavior is not evidence that it is adaptive.
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The preponderance of experimental studies (which providemereexistenceproofs and lack realism) helps fuel social psychology's fault-finding focus.
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The first of these is that themereexistenceof an evaluation can forestall an external evaluation from being imposed on an organisation.
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Rather than themereexistenceof theatres, demand from an array of opera seasons makes a market.
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Because not all forms are intentional, themereexistenceof form in this world is not itself evidence of either design or engineering.
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A man like you gives consolation and exaltation by hismereexistenceand example.
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Though tiny by our present-day standards, the board'smereexistenceas a state administration charged with comprehensive oversight, contemporaries understood, represented an important development in state government organization.
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Besides, themereexistenceof protective gear would contradict this hypothesis, because gloves and protective kneepads would fit better with a game ritual than with plain fighting.
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But sheer 'associational density' is not enough, just as themereexistenceof other-regarding norms among scattered individuals is not enough to make such norms 'social capital'.
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