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as in streamlining
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as in generalization
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Recent Examples of simplification
These models typically rely on simplification or brute-force computation, often at the cost of accuracy.
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Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
After a 10-hour sit-in by India‘s Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council, a simplification and reduction in tax slabs was announced late Wednesday.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
The idea that simplification and invitation would strengthen and embed a national culture of child seat use reflected the movement’s practical agility and political savviness.
—Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
After a 10-hour sit-in by India‘s Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council, a simplification and reduction in tax slabs was announced late Wednesday.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
The idea that simplification and invitation would strengthen and embed a national culture of child seat use reflected the movement’s practical agility and political savviness.
—Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplification
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With the Cubs closing in on their first playoff berth since 2020, Hawkins has been involved in revamping the club’s R&D department and streamlining scouting on the pro, amateur and international sides, with a bigger emphasis on data and video rather than in-person evaluations.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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To me, our record is doing the opposite of streamlining.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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The move to question Europe’s harsh CO2 curtailment rules coincides with Trump Administration efforts to terminate rules based on the case that CO2 is a danger to public health These rules form the basis for U.S. greenhouse gas regulations.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The curtailment of academic freedom, the deportation of foreign students, the banning of protests: all of this is being done under the pretext of protecting Jews, who alone are entitled to protections that other groups apparently don’t merit.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Jones asserted that exigent circumstances warranted the shortening of the 15-day notice window.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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But slow oxygen chemistry has remained a stubborn bottleneck, wasting energy and shortening battery life.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Simplification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplification. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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