simplicity
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Spain's royal family hailed King Harald as an "example of responsibility, dignity, simplicity, and tireless dedication to the service" of his country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s not exactly the kind of metaphor you want to hang an entire film on, lest its relative simplicity give way under the heft of a feature film’s many parts.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The menu, embracing its red-hued simplicity, almost reads as a rebuke to its competitors.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
They told the court that they lived by the principles of "simplicity, nature and mindful choices" about what they put into their bodies.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The great merit of Newcomen’s engine was its simplicity of conception and modesty of ambition.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Carson Palmer had gotten used to the simplicities of football being done for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
Lyrical simplicities aside, her songs are weird, distinctive, beautiful, ranging, and complicated.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2021
Through much of the book, Mishra sounds downright giddy to be living through a time when “many of our exalted ideas about ourselves have collapsed” and “mind-numbing simplicities about democracy” are being shattered.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
As he has done before in other work, Marshall reveals the complexities and the simplicities of color in this portrait.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2020
When home from the hotel circuit, Howard’s longings were for the simplicities of small-town life: spending time with family and friends and working in the family’s poolroom.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing simplicity
'Tis A Gift To Be Simple: Words For National Simplicity Day
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"On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins
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