simplism

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Noun
  • That emotional closeness was one of the driving forces that impelled me to bring this project to the screen in an exercise of deep respect for a complex memory that does not lend itself to simplification.
    Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • My teams needed repetition, reinforcement and simplification.
    Kent Merrell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Germ theory also emerged in the late 1800s, in which scientists discovered that germs caused disease.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The two budding geniuses would sit in Charles’ apartment for hours, talking music theory and analyzing records, though Jones’s curiosity occasionally exhausted Charles.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Chainalysis’ proposed formal framework for defining wallet clusters moves the conversation beyond that oversimplification.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The idea that there can be no consequences of any kind unless and until someone is found guilty in a court of law is an oversimplification but some in football seem happy to use it as a way to avoid taking action.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Its value proposition is strong since each trim comes with a long list of standard features.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The property experience, the digital experience and the value proposition all become searchable, summarized and compared.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The interest rate hypothesis points the wrong direction — the most rate-sensitive occupations, like construction, have the lowest AI exposure.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Science is designed to estimate risk, test hypotheses, identify patterns, and reduce the likelihood of false causal inference.
    Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026
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“Simplism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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