Sentence examples for this are mere from inspiring English sources

He added: "The property market will come back when it is ready to come back and schemes like this are mere tinkering around the edges.

This was mere mannerism.

Yet this is mere speculation.

Presumably, this was mere electioneering.

This was mere distraction.

Until then, this is mere vaporware.

Partly, this is mere history.

But this is mere speculation.

Of course, this is mere conjecture.

Certainly some of this is mere coincidence.

But this was mere "puffery"—harmless exaggeration.