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The phrase "a mere three days" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the short duration of time, often to highlight that it is less than expected or insignificant.
Example: "After waiting for a mere three days, I finally received a response to my application."
Alternatives: "only three days" or "just three days".
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It was joined, a mere three days later, by Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine.
Instead, with August a mere three days away, the Mets are finished.
With the holiday a mere three days away, it seemed appropriate to explore some more inventive and literary-minded ensembles.
The comedy of errors was really a tragedy of errors, and it lasted a mere three days.
Root had released his opening salvo, "The First Gun Is Fired!" a mere three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.
Working with rebels fighting for ethnic rights, they took a mere three days in late March to conquer northern Mali, an area the size of France.
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It belonged to a company in Finland, Codenomicon who registered it a mere four days ago, a day or so after the exploit became "popular".
Although the original nine-day festival has been cut to a mere four days, 8am finishes and all-day beach parties require stamina".
He died the day after the US Marshals dropped him off, a mere five days after my last open letter.
Today's VICE question of the day comes courtesy of Anthony Scaramucci who lasted a mere ten days in his job as communications director at the White House.
The evidence in the trial occupied a mere two days.
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