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Discover LudwigThe phrase "merely used" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize that something was done for just one purpose. For example, "The plot of the story was merely used to illustrate the moral lesson".
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In earlier work, the shell was merely used as a protective coating for the core.
(1990 , 1991 have studied the effects of fracture height, they merely used a skin factor.
Soil profile depictions were merely used to illustrate different orders in a classification system.
He merely used his talent to extricate himself and his family from a life of hardship.
The main street is merely used as a cut-through to and from Central Avenue.
What if Agamemnon, in "a tyrant's cynical ploy," had merely used his daughter to legitimate warfare?
Union negotiators responded that those figures were merely used as an illustration.
But new ants merely used those dead ants as a bridge over the poison and kept streaming inside.
Some really enjoyed it, others (like me) merely used it as an excuse to get to the bar faster.
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The Internet was merely using Marcus to tell us something about ourselves: we doubted the value of formal training.
Did he love women or merely use them?
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