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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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 Synonyms for sophisticating
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Comcast has expressed interest in acquiring all or part of Warner, Semafor can confirm, complicating life for both David Zaslav and Paramount, which has lost its head start in the bidding.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Other lawsuits also are complicating decision-making.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Far from cheapening or diluting Ibsen’s themes and conflicts, the action revitalizes them.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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The question here might be whether Netflix risks diluting its brand by adding cheaper, less cinematic content to the mix.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Unified Government created a set of incentives, which include cutting permit fees and water and sewer connection fees, for people who want to build on its land bank property to try to encourage redevelopment.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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The prince also accused his father of cutting him off financially, and Meghan said the royals discussed denying their children prince and princess titles and police protection.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The dispute underscores an intensifying divide within the Democratic Party between establishment forces aligned with major donors and progressives who say those same networks are shutting out grassroots women candidates.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
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Amid the ongoing boom in resorts and new residences, the wave of European design firm openings is intensifying.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Experts say the collapse of the talks marks not only a significant blow for attempts to clean up a heavily climate-polluting industry, undermining decades of negotiations, but also represents yet another failure of climate diplomacy.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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For instance, an injunction to stop a company from polluting a lake is premised on the idea that damage to a lake and the life in it is irreparable.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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After Oracle 's huge $18 billion bond sale last month, the market has become a little more wary of AI companies loading up on debt to spend on AI.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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This time, Wilson activated his bullpen as Castillo waded through the next four batters, loading the bases for lefty Daulton Varsho.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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There is immense interest in manipulating these phase transformations and retaining superior electro-optic properties down to liquid helium temperature, according to the study published in Advanced Materials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Basically, this discovery could inform future therapeutic strategies aimed at manipulating the gut microbiome for human health.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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Measles outbreaks are infecting more people this year than in any year since the early 1990s and have already killed three.—
Suhail Bhat,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The researchers had shown in 2023 that parasitic scraps of DNA could spread within bacterial populations by hitching rides on the tails of infecting viruses.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Sophisticating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophisticating. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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