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Discover LudwigThe phrase "like a mere" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare something to a trivial or insignificant version of itself.
Example: "He treated her like a mere child, disregarding her opinions and feelings."
Alternatives: "as if she were just" or "like nothing more than".
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It feels like a mere body.
"Innocence of Muslims" looks like a mere stunt.
Sometimes she sounds like a mere percussive effect.
In retrospect even the crash of 1987 now looks like a mere blip.
Rather than coherent constitutional reform, these bills look like a mere swipe at the Liberals.
At first glance, it may look like a mere souped-up jumpsuit.
But the era of urban anonymity already looks like a mere historical interlude.
What used to feel like thirty-five below now feels, officially, like a mere fifteen below.
Too bad that for much of the evening he seems like a mere prop.
Anything beyond the odd triumphant rally makes you seem like a mere politician.
It made braised lamb shank, with creamy Gorgonzola and walnut polenta, seem like a mere canapé.
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