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as in to streamline
to make less complex
you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today
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2
as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics
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Recent Examples of simplify
Leave it to big-batch cocktails and punches to simplify your host duties.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
After the wording was simplified, the attorney general's office signed off on the League of Women Voters' ballot language for its amendment.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
This streamlined process simplifies revenue streams and eliminates costly chargebacks, providing merchants greater financial predictability and security.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Better Compliance And Risk Mitigation Modern tools not only simplify compliance but also enhance accuracy.
—Gary Galstyan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
After the wording was simplified, the attorney general's office signed off on the League of Women Voters' ballot language for its amendment.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
This streamlined process simplifies revenue streams and eliminates costly chargebacks, providing merchants greater financial predictability and security.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Better Compliance And Risk Mitigation Modern tools not only simplify compliance but also enhance accuracy.
—Gary Galstyan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplify
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Read on to learn how focused digital tools can streamline the work of highly specialized companies and roles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Besides carve-outs for individual projects in recent years, lawmakers have passed CEQA streamlining for certain kinds of housing and other developments.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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But in the late 19th century, Finkelstein explained, women who'd worked as nurses during the Civil War, even though not part of the Union or Confederate armies, lobbied for and won the right to be buried at Arlington.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Earlier, his ruling-party ally, Gov. Freddy Bernal, explained the apparent low turnout similarly.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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But there’s a difference between using AI to clarify your message and asking it to invent your story.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Lawmakers in both chambers are advancing bills such as the GENIUS Act and the STABLE Act, aimed at defining stablecoins and clarifying disclosure rules.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
24 May 2025
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However, as one family’s experience illustrates, the story of the Great Wealth Transfer is far more complex.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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To illustrate the scale of this complexity, Lin explains that there can be seemingly endless ticket combinations for trips between Los Angeles and London.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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Not least the fact that clubs other than City will be monitoring Gibbs-White’s position, with the 26-year-old England international having demonstrated his value emphatically again during a season in which Forest pushed for a top-five finish for many months.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Other journalists had excoriated McCarthy earlier, in print and on the radio, but Murrow met the medium and the moment in 1954, demonstrating the senator’s smear tactics and stirring a severe public backlash.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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“Simplify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplify. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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