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Smith's first response was simple: "What's a daytimer?"
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Curl said the formula for success was simple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Nothing about her, or the way Pugh plays her, is simple.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
It could also offer new insight into how simple molecules began organizing themselves into increasingly complex systems long before modern cells appeared.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those simple, mostly happy days would never come again.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
The sentence is now pared down to a simpler but rhythmically effective line mimicking the weight that was on Darwin: “With a heavy heart he buried himself in barnacles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I believe there’s a future where we can have a much simpler, more productive assortment,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
These specialized systems are simpler than general purpose quantum computers and are designed to reproduce particular quantum behaviors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
A simpler and clearer system could have changed that, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Since the story of each is practically the same as that of the other it is simpler to take it for granted that there was only one.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
"But in its simplest form, what we see right now is that we took an ice cube out of the fridge and it's just melting in front of our eyes."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The simplest assumption is that beyond our cosmic horizon, there is simply more universe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The simplest everyday value proposition for an app like this is online shopping.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The simplest approach is to use the built-in export functions available from each major AI platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The simplest way to have impressed Leon would have been to write him a story and put it in his hands herself, and watch as he read it.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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'Tis A Gift To Be Simple: Words For National Simplicity Day
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