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Recent Examples of oversimple
This oversimple model grants primacy based on authorship and chronology.
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Kevin Dettmar, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022
Kevin Dettmar, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversimple
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Don’t be too slow or too hasty to change; instead, take an agile approach to service evolution.Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Caleb, once away, makes a hasty escape, this time in a truck, and before Athena can stop Sparks, the probie has jumped onto the back of the vehicle.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Radio contact between our plane and the airport tower was sketchy, possibly due to weather.Jim Clash, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Unfortunately, Lindy’s screenplay struggles to expand the film’s concept beyond its basic, sketchy premise.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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However, any reader of the list with even a cursory knowledge of the European economic landscape will view the figures with skepticism, with the Fortune 500 Europe measuring companies’ revenues from 2023.BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
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The individual elements of Ka’s style would be familiar to a listener with even a cursory knowledge of rap.Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
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But simply moving roles under different titles is a superficial change that does more harm than good.Forrester, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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If the first film expressed a fervent but surface-level appreciation for the outcast-character dramas of Martin Scorsese, this second one betrays not even a superficial adoration of the Hollywood musicals of old.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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In this instance, familiarity does not breed contempt but fosters an affection that deepens with every passing year.Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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With each passing year, the concept of a lifelong career has become increasingly obsolete.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The benefit of all of this, of course, is a shift toward recognizing, at least in the zeitgeist, the seemingly facile truth: that moms have identities and desires beyond being moms.Cady Lang, TIME, 24 May 2024
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The commentary on social media is mostly facile, although a humiliating trick played on Nikki is devilishly funny and some of the flashback-recap sequences make zippy use of online video.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
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Instead of relying on haphazard observations and product claims, the Outside Lab @ CU Denver set up an experiment to find out which travel mug keeps beverages warmest the longest.Adam Trenkamp, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
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At times, the company seems to police videos primarily in response to public outcry, which makes its decisions inherently haphazard and potentially malleable.Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2018
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Our production designer had to find some random collector in Germany who had it.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Life is a random, crazy, spinning, dipping, twisting and thrilling roller coaster anyway.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Oversimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimple. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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