mere fact
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandfact
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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fact
noun[C or U]
uk/fækt/us/fækt/
something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there ...
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(Definition ofmereandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmere fact
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Themerefactthat something is good is enough to explain its existence.
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Themerefactthat this question is being asked is encouraging.
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But that does not imply that the demonstration of eternity as amerefactis incomplete.
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Themerefactthat the composition does not equal the identity is not worrying.
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The reason is obvious: neither method can go beyond the level of themerefact.
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Themerefactthat something is natural is not a reason to prefer it.
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A related point is themerefactof "variability" in the sisters.
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Themerefactthat someone wrote this doesn't suffice to make it acceptable: the writer simply made a mistake.
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Thismerefactproves that with this reasoning he aimed at nothing less than actually constructing the trajectory.
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But themerefactof reorganizing the work does not mean the farm will become an entitycum-project.
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Themerefactthat he did so, however, indicates a significant procedural failure on the part of the journal.
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But, as themerefactthat we call them "failures" indicates, they are not the rule; they are exceptions.
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Its true basis, moreover, will not lie in these principles but in themerefactof prescription.
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However, themerefactthat a graph is constructed in this way of course affects its properties.
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Themerefactthat we are closely related by descent to certain other species is enough to generate the conjectures.
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Themerefact, however, that shock oscillation and bursting happen at similar frequency indicates a close connection between them.
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A countervailing consideration could be, for instance, themerefactthat abandoning moral obligation could increase overall utility.
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Themerefactof having estimators and models defined in a compact, polymorphic and usable form has suggested unanticipated generalizations.
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There are those who claim that themerefactthat a belief is true has some value in itself.
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Themerefactthat something is true does not have any value in itself according to the theory.
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Themerefactof inequality is not, in itself, bad for the people who are worse off.
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Themerefactthat one person is worse off than the other is, for the utilitarian, perfectly irrelevant.
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Themerefactthat the objects follow a curved path is insufficient evidence for the particular operationalization of kinematic geometry.
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But themerefactthat her voice is coded as feminine inevitably puts an unconventional spin on her chosen material.
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