mere mention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandmention
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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mention
noun
uk/ˈmen.ʃən/us/ˈmen.ʃən/
a short remark or ...
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(Definition ofmereandmentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Themerementionof them provokes the cry of teaching to tests—so what?
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Themerementionof a distribution of assets so often opens up a minefield.
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Nothing perhaps is more calculated to bring out the hypocrisy and humbug in politicians than themerementionof food prices.
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I am now told that they are thinking about corncrakes, but themerementionof a raptor and all those organisations go into orbit.
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I think that the very existence of a time limit, themerementionof six years, is the most disastrous thing you could offer.
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For the uninitiated, themerementionof the words "overseas trust" raises the suspicion that some skulduggery is going on.
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I am delighted about that, as themerementionof any professional body incenses him and provokes him into an attack.
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Having had the encouraging sign of setting a reference framework, themerementionof exceptional circumstances must give pause for thought.
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Far from rendering therapy, themerementionof the rule sends blood pressure racing to dangerous levels.
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It is fascinating how themerementionof the car, whether it be the subject of seat belts or anything else, immediately arouses great interest.
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Themerementionof the fall in life expectancy to 51 years gives an indication of the size of the disaster.
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Themerementionof the words "bill of sale" is enough to impair the credit of the man who is giving it.
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In this day and age themerementionof demarcation has a very dated sound to it.
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Themerementionof such an inquiry precipitated a huge amount of panicked correspondence in the daily broadsheets.
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For that reason themerementionof wood would clearly hypothecate that nothing else was intended.
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Themerementionof 1976 compels me to a recognition that some change in that direction had to happen.
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They have made much of security, as if themerementionof the word settles the issue beyond further argument.
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They are subservient to the state to the extent that themerementionof the words "national security" causes them to disregard every other factor.
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Next to the offer of a free drink, themerementionof a minimum wage is best calculated to get most economists to their feet with their mouths open.
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