People engaged in consumption do not merely buy certain products to satisfy basic needs.

If the deal goes through, it would merely buy some time.

Today's action, which was announced after the stock market closed, is far more aggressive than merely buying dollars.

If we can't have a child ourselves, we will merely buy one.

Technology works for both sides: advances in defense systems merely buy time before better offensive weapons are developed.

Also, he said his company merely bought timber standing.

But it seems that in some cases, the American companies are merely buying their parts from abroad, rather than increasing production.

It merely bought time while problems festered and ideologies of violence took hold.

Had the men attacked some house near there, or merely bought the bread?

Some local stations have a higher profit ratio since they can merely buy programs from the networks.