It seemed a lifetime ago, not a mere few months.

Hard to believe, they say, that a mere month has gone by.

Those were fighting words, though they're all but forgotten now, a mere 18 months later.

Not bad for a lineup that's been together a mere 18 months.

But the weekend report was the first to suggest changes are mere months away.

He had given her a second chance mere months before.

These entered service a mere month before he died in April 1952.

I could have seen to her care in a mere eight months.

It takes them a mere 3 months to tell me that.

The company went public a mere 10 months after opening its doors.