sophisticating

verb

present participle of sophisticate
1
as in complicating
to make complex or difficult there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity

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2
as in diluting
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup

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Recent Examples of sophisticating Logistically accelerating techno-economic interactivity crumbles social order in auto-sophisticating machine runaway. — James Duesterberg, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sophisticating
  1. complicating
  2. diluting
  3. intensifying
  4. cutting
  5. polluting
  6. loading
  7. manipulating
  8. infecting
Verb
  • Advertisement But, again, this result in Michigan may be a complicating factor as Democrats try to figure out their next leaders.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The president's backing typically carries significant weight in Republican politics, but there could be a complicating factor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of complicating
Verb
  • Instead of diluting its elite credibility to reach a broader audience, the brand translated that credibility into environments where the average person could understand its every day relevance.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The opposition was loud and varied, but a familiar line was that selling a portion of shares would cede control from fan groups to private investors, diluting the influence of supporters over time.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of diluting
Verb
  • Growing populations and expanding industries are intensifying freshwater shortages across parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, increasing the need for sustainable water supplies.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky is intensifying appeals to the United States and NATO allies for Patriot missile interceptors.
    — Vasilisa Stepanenko, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of intensifying
Verb
  • Seattle kept it close, cutting the lead to single digits in the fourth quarter before Atlanta held firm.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The workshops include all ingredients and participants learn skills such as cutting and folding meats, placement and spacing for jams and honeys.
    — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of cutting
Verb
  • Thick clouds of coal smoke poured from chimneys and factories, polluting the air.
    — WUFT News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • California and 19 other attorneys generals are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for reversing action on high-polluting refrigerants.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of polluting
Verb
  • Plenty of my friends worked there loading clays; nothing like working in a box in the middle of August, with the sun beating down on a barren landscape, just make gas money and some Friday night jingle.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Still, trading Ray will be another avenue to continue loading a farm system on the rise.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of loading
Verb
  • By manipulating network traffic, the attackers redirect guests to fake sign-in pages without first sending a phishing email or compromising the PC.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • What is your reaction to Drew being the one to rat you out about lying and manipulating Angela with your dead mother story?
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of manipulating
Verb
  • One consequence is that people suffering from Ebola must often wait at home until a bed becomes available, risking infecting others.
    — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Legionnaires disease comes from live Legionella bacteria infecting a person's lungs.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of infecting

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