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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbed down
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Designed to work seamlessly with the company’s own hardware while remaining broadly compatible, the R1 glasses bring high refresh rates and simplified connectivity to the growing AR gaming space.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026 -
The if-then paradigm needs to be simplified.—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Columbia University glaciologist Jonny Kingslake says these processes are oversimplified or omitted in numerical simulations.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Viewing their actions and ideas strictly through a Cold War lens has oversimplified Korean hopes and ambitions and flattened the complexity of their post-liberation experience.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Dumbed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbed%20down. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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