Streaming media give actual pictures and sounds instead of mere descriptions of them.
Instead of mere juxtaposition of components, there is an internal relationship between them.
That was worse: instead of mere inflammation, I had scar tissue from tears in the tendon.
Instead of mere headlines and facts, the app curates current news stories by adding relevant historical facts.
But even those storage capacities will seem modest once users start downloading video clips wirelessly from the Internet, instead of mere audio files and voice messages.
Two themes stand out in Mr. Robinson's maze of U.R.L.'s: His homage to the great performers, and his emphasis on showmanship instead of mere illusion.
Albuquerque was not accustomed to weather; Lovey had grown up in the Midwest, where snow days required an actual blizzard, instead of mere flurries or patches of ice.
A utopian answer might be that all work becomes an art, and human potential is directed to the creation of beauty and happiness instead of mere things.
The court missed an opportunity when it failed to allow the millions following the case to be eyewitnesses to history, instead of mere eavesdroppers.
But what makes them full, intricate characters instead of mere figures of satire is that they are in on the joke, even if they don't always acknowledge it.
Members of the congressional intelligence committees need to be able to discuss what they know without resorting to elaborate circumlocutions, and White House officials need to try persuasion instead of mere assertion.
