With the victory of the merchants, this war merely reaffirmed the dominance of merchant capital (trade) on the colonial production.

But merely reaffirming resolve is not a policy.

The provision in the committee bill merely reaffirms what has always been the congressional intent.

The convention merely reaffirmed the statute adopted the day before at a League of Nations conference held in Barcelona.

It merely reaffirmed what she knew.

Shannon merely reaffirmed what I already wondered.

It merely reaffirms the importance of a vital religious symbol.

Others said the healthy turnout and relative calm that marked Iraq's first free elections in decades merely reaffirmed their support for President Bush's agenda there.

Lee Saunders, the administrator of District Council 37, said the new merit-pay language merely reaffirmed the city's ability to do what it is already doing.

Should I have been a lawyer, or had $480 merely reaffirmed my present career?