simplified 1 of 2

past tense of simplify

simplified

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adjective

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Recent Examples of simplified
Verb
A lot of dresses directly reference Cristóbal Balenciaga’s couture heritage, in a simplified version, more accessible and less extreme. Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2025 However, after microbiologists successfully made yogurt in a lab in the early 1900s, there was a shift from traditional yogurt to a simplified, industrialized version, which only contains two species of lactic acid bacteria, the researchers said. Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 Some companies and research teams are also developing AI tools to go beyond just keeping pace with the problem, using AI to optimize fuel usage and maintain ideal satellite configurations for low battery usage and simplified signal traffic as well. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025 To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025 His departure from identifying characteristics of reparto in favor of simplified beats and lyrics may help broaden his audience and boost success abroad. Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 In the same way that eye lenses and corneas are composed of simplified tissues, many transparent ocean animals also fill much of their insides with gelatinous material or fluid. Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025 Other limitations include that many findings came from mice or simplified cell cultures, which don’t fully replicate the complexity of human biology. New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025 In another room, the robot played a simplified version of tic-tac-toe with a patient. Hallie Golden, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The relationships that Mark forms in the course of his career are similarly simplified—principally, his hearty bromance with Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader), who is first his trainer and then, entering the circuit himself, a competitor. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025 In 1999, the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) was released, which allowed mobile phones to receive and display simplified, phone-friendly pages using WML instead of the standard HTML markup language. ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 Eventually, the group simplified the name and expanded the credit union’s membership to anyone living or working in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside or San Berndardino counties. Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 The Securities and Exchange Board of India simplified its rules, a move that would benefit roughly two-thirds of foreign investors, according to Reuters. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 This obviously reflects a complex neural circuit, simplified here for clarity. Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Parking is simplified as well, thanks to Intelligent Parking Assist. Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025 Dressing for transitional weather can be tricky, but Oprah just simplified it with her lightweight long-sleeve blouse. Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 The follow-on Lenovo Legion Go S revised and simplified the machine slightly; it was joined by a SteamOS edition months later. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplified
Verb
  • The team chemistry could be streamlined with five players with Baltic blood in the rotation, two of whom are brothers.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Travel dresses that are streamlined, comfortable, and designed to actually live in—whether that means a ribbed sweater dress styled with knee-high boots or a satin slip dress layered under a chunky knit.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Brooks explained the white and brown pup was rescued from a cruelty case in South Carolina.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The effects of the RBI's outsized rate cut of 50 basis points in June have yet to filter through the economy, explained Malhotra, adding that the decision to hold rates steady was unanimous.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Charli XCX‘s Brat, the winner of best recording package last year, went viral for its distinctive bright green hue and simplistic typeface, which put all the attention on the title and turned it into a cultural moment that everyone wanted to identify with.
    Lina Lecaro, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, Reeves became Estragon, the more simplistic and long-suffering of the duo, while Winter tackled Vladimir, the more commanding and verbose character.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Replacing the national flags—symbols of the UN’s unity—with items common in Ghana, Mahama illustrated how easily materials from the nation could reach the US, while ordinary Ghanaians cannot travel as freely as the objects produced in their country.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The crossover is written by Steve Orlando and illustrated by Travis Mercer, with covers by Lucas Meyer.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a story worth telling here, a snapshot within a sprawling tragedy, but Avrich can’t make a bigger statement that doesn’t feel oversimplified.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The challenge with both of these factors—the two most common in oversimplified risk tolerance short cuts—is that they are regularly ignored by the third and often most powerful (albeit least calculable) factor that gauges your gut.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The retailer clarified that law enforcement has not alleged that the products were counterfeit.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities have arrested Douglas Irwin Shaw, 41, on suspicion of murder, though the Vallejo Police Department has not declared a motive or clarified whether the two knew each other.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Her fans’ unquestioning loyalty provides an uncomplicated explanation for why Swift may never need to release another lead single again.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Mantù The in-house brand of Italian manufacturing company Castor, which works with a plethora of luxury fashion houses, Mantù delivered another solid collection filled with uncomplicated silhouettes targeting women on the move.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Nobel winners carried out experiments in the mid-1980s with an electronic circuit built of superconductors and demonstrated that quantum mechanics could also influence everyday objects under certain conditions.
    USA Today, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Millions of Americans are willing to vote for a female presidential candidate — as demonstrated by the 2016 and 2024 elections.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025

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