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as in streamlining
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as in generalization
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Recent Examples of simplification
This was essentially a cost-saving and simplification exercise and few alarm bells rang at the time, not least because BHP retained a standard listing on the LSE, allowing British investors to remain exposed to the business.
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Ian King, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
The scaling back and simplification of how we get dressed played with proportion and silhouette.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Another is related to the obligations placed on downstream operators by the EUDR, despite efforts over the last months to provide simplification to stakeholders.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
To truly successfully turnaround a business and create sustainable success, most businesses need radical simplification and structural change.
—Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
To this end, instead of complexity, the team showed that deliberate simplification (a minimalist molecule) is the key.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
These models typically rely on simplification or brute-force computation, often at the cost of accuracy.
—Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The idea that simplification and invitation would strengthen and embed a national culture of child seat use reflected the movement’s practical agility and political savviness.
—Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Ian King, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
The scaling back and simplification of how we get dressed played with proportion and silhouette.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Another is related to the obligations placed on downstream operators by the EUDR, despite efforts over the last months to provide simplification to stakeholders.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
To truly successfully turnaround a business and create sustainable success, most businesses need radical simplification and structural change.
—Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
To this end, instead of complexity, the team showed that deliberate simplification (a minimalist molecule) is the key.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
These models typically rely on simplification or brute-force computation, often at the cost of accuracy.
—Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The idea that simplification and invitation would strengthen and embed a national culture of child seat use reflected the movement’s practical agility and political savviness.
—Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplification
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While Starbucks has not released a list of the locations impacted by last week’s announcement, various news outlets have confirmed a selection of stores that have already closed as part of the company’s streamlining efforts.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Implementation of farm loan streamlining initiatives.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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In past shutdowns, that has led to the closures of hundreds of national parks and museums, the curtailment of veterans' services, the suspension of health inspections, the postponement of immigration hearings and a slew of other impacts.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 Sep. 2025
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The move to question Europe’s harsh CO2 curtailment rules coincides with Trump Administration efforts to terminate rules based on the case that CO2 is a danger to public health These rules form the basis for U.S. greenhouse gas regulations.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Sometime early in the 21st century, Mom switched from vegetable shortening to butter.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the fight against invasive species, this productivity boost is transformative, saving scientific teams critical time in the lab and shortening the time required to successfully implement solutions.—
Pam Marrone,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Simplification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplification. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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