1
as in to simplify
to make less complex
streamline the work of mailing out flyers by using computer-generated labels
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2
as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
in an effort to compete against online vendors, many traditional retailers have had to streamline their brick-and-mortar stores
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Recent Examples of streamline
Telehealth providers have streamlined the process of testosterone therapy prescriptions (among many other medications, like GLP-1s), and expanded the market for testosterone supplements.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 24 June 2025
With the aid of intuitive, user-friendly landscape design software, exterior architects and designers can easily streamline the time-consuming practices that threaten to bog down projects.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2025
There is no reason to streamline unless the business environment and political circumstances demand it, which is the case for this matter at this time.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Photosynthesis is woefully inefficient—even some of the most productive crops convert less than one per cent of the solar energy that hits them into calories—so streamlining the process, via gene editing, could produce significant gains.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 24 June 2025
With the aid of intuitive, user-friendly landscape design software, exterior architects and designers can easily streamline the time-consuming practices that threaten to bog down projects.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2025
There is no reason to streamline unless the business environment and political circumstances demand it, which is the case for this matter at this time.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Photosynthesis is woefully inefficient—even some of the most productive crops convert less than one per cent of the solar energy that hits them into calories—so streamlining the process, via gene editing, could produce significant gains.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for streamline
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This approach simplifies know-your-customer compliance but excludes borrowers who self-custody their assets on hardware wallets, which is a common security practice among crypto users.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The prosecution is just simplifying the charges for the jury to avoid confusion.—
Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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Unlike other social media companies that optimize algorithms to show users content that triggers the strongest reactions, Pinterest redesigned its artificial intelligence to prioritize what users consciously choose to see again, not just what captures their attention momentarily.—
Massimo Marioni,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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From groceries to legal advice, services are being redesigned to reach the customer—not the other way around.—
Robin Philip,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The text is broad in scope, modernizing the UK’s GDPR, streamlining data subject access, and enabling more fluid data sharing across public services and smart infrastructure.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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In areas in which the Biden administration recognized that reforms were needed—to modernize alliances, create new multilateral configurations, and attempt to build a post-neoliberal approach to international economics—the changes were evolutionary and in some cases incomplete.—
REBECCA LISSNER,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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This headline and article were updated with Khalil's release from the ICE detention facility.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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Much of the work is behind-the-scenes—updating certificates, keys and secrets—but intrinsic to efficient, secure and well-managed operations.—
Jordan Rackie,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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“Streamline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streamline. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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