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as in to simplify
to make less complex
streamline the work of mailing out flyers by using computer-generated labels
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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
Score a deal on the popular Ring doorbell camera and the versatile Apple iPad, or grab the compact Amazon Echo Show 5 to streamline your daily routines with Alexa.
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Madeline Merinuk,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
To help your systems communicate more effectively, explore centralizing clinical data management with the goal of streamlining access to disparate data sources.
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Mark Thomas,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Place them in an open bin and place it on a shelf in the closet or the laundry room (which can streamline putting things away after each load).
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 July 2026
To streamline the private-public partnership and ensure the most rapid response to the biggest risks, Anthropic said the AI industry’s goal should be categorizing risks to ensure proper interventions both internally and from the government.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
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Madeline Merinuk,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
To help your systems communicate more effectively, explore centralizing clinical data management with the goal of streamlining access to disparate data sources.
—
Mark Thomas,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Place them in an open bin and place it on a shelf in the closet or the laundry room (which can streamline putting things away after each load).
—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 July 2026
To streamline the private-public partnership and ensure the most rapid response to the biggest risks, Anthropic said the AI industry’s goal should be categorizing risks to ensure proper interventions both internally and from the government.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
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This may help simplify matters if questions arise about which funds in the account are exempt from collection efforts.
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In my assessment, meaningful reforms focus on empowering registers of deeds to substantively review suspicious documents before recording them; simplifying and expediting quiet title proceedings; and expanding civil remedies so victims can recover the costs associated with clearing their title.
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The leaders are redesigning how work gets done by scaling AI across the enterprise.
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When Fortune noted the current ubiquity of the PSG brand—including in navy blue baseball caps—Allègre acknowledged the badge was redesigned in 2013 to little opposition.
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Its biggest achievement has been modernizing the federal retirement system.
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Bolivia needs to pass reforms that provide legal certainty, promote investment, and modernize strategic sectors such as hydrocarbons, mining, lithium, renewable energy and the justice system.
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This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Recently, the Illinois Register proposed amending the administrative code to update the definitions of the various alcohol categories solely by their production process — not their alcohol content.
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“Streamline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streamline. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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