as in strips (down)
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Fennell’s screenplay strips out the story-within-a-story structure, sidelines major characters, and simplifies the multi-generational plot—all regular book adaptation stuff.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Barefoot also simplifies the kitchen, deleting the dual-burner stove to shorten the main block, which now houses just the Dometic bowl sink piped to fresh and waste water tanks, an open worktop, and under-counter drawers and cabinets.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
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Public opinion polls show broad opposition to transgender participation in women’s sports, though civil rights groups say such polling oversimplifies a complex issue and has been used to justify sweeping restrictions.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Believing that winning would solve everything oversimplifies the issue with attendance.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Dumbs down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbs%20down. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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