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It is this "we-intention" that distinguishes shared or collective activity from a mere summation or heap of individual acts.[5] But what exactly is this we-intention?
These silver-staining and immunohistochemical profiles are much more informative especially when combined together than when used in isolation because such combination is not a mere summation of the results obtained with different methods.
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In large and complex artefacts such as power plants or aircrafts, however, a team generally operates the system, and team intention is not reducible to mere summation of individual intentions.
If matter is atomic, then it is already a collection of determinate objects in its own right, and it becomes natural to regard the properties of macroscopic substances as mere summations of the natures of the atoms.
A mere chardonnay, perhaps.
A mere $1 billion.
Not a "mere" tweaker.
A mere handful.
The price: a mere £35m.
Jim Trusdale was a mere acquaintance.
They cost a mere $2,900.
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