The England defender had already been singled out for criticism, so his demotion merely affirmed where Ferguson pinned the blame for last weekend's defensive collapse.

But the S.E.C. bulletin didn't change the rules; it merely affirmed them.

But the continuing saga merely affirms the tenacity of Congress, and the need for some fundamental reform.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that the legislation merely affirms the existing so-called "status quo" in religious affairs.

I do not attempt to explain it, I merely affirm that it is so.

The descriptions, far from gesturing to an external or subjective reality, merely affirm their own status as verbally constructed artefacts.

This proposition merely affirms the right of the Crown to choose a more merciful remedy in certain cases, and has no present value in the law.

"The title merely affirms that."

Consequently, "Breakthrough at Reykjavik" doesn't really dramatize the Soviet position; it merely affirms it.

They merely affirm that the change is completed at the Epiclesis.