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"Conventional simulations oversimplify real materials, while experiments reveal complexity without a clear way to quantify cause and effect," explains Prof. Kotsugi.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

Wald doesn’t think investors should oversimplify and assume that a strong dollar is always a headwind for big U.S. multinational companies—or a weak dollar supportive because it makes exports cheaper.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

“Blanket messages may oversimplify complex evidence,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

They also warn against making broad generalizations, which tend to oversimplify the complicated and intertwined causes of crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

It’s easy to oversimplify what was undoubtedly a rapid and dramatic expansion, and to picture all Khoisan in the way being trampled by onrushing Bantu hordes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

While plausible, this view oversimplifies broader global trade instability that South America is also exposed to.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025

I think that that really oversimplifies some things.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

"That number really oversimplifies what happens physiologically in the body when your body is exposed to that temperature, and it doesn't account for important variables like age or other vulnerability factors."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

But this convenient line of thinking not only oversimplifies the solution but understates the problem.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2022

Suffice to say that there is a core of truth to Jefferson’s account of the dinner-table bargain, though it vastly oversimplifies the history that was happening at that propitious moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“We are concerned this testing, without the proper scientific, regulatory and environmental context, can lead to oversimplified statements, not representative of the product category or industry.”

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

The goal of this research is not to create a new warning story for the modern world, but to replace an oversimplified one.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026

Mr. Dhume may think that the newly minted labor codes’ permissive hiring rules only apply to private firms that have fewer than 300 workers—instead of 100 workers like before—but that’s an oversimplified analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

“What people are seeing are really oversimplified TikToks or reels that say put $300 in Roth and you’ll have $1 million later on,” said Holden.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 13, 2026

Listen to this: “The dynamic interstices of the Harlem sub-culture have been oversimplified and distorted by Malcolm X to meet his own needs.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

“I think we are way oversimplifying health here and worry that some women will not get treated for major conditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Avery McTaggart, an agent at L.A.-based TBA Agency whose clients include Jungle, Big Thief, Remi Wolf and Ethel Cain, says the premise of an AI agent risks oversimplifying what booking agents actually do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

Expecting transparency to be one-size-fits-all can result in us oversimplifying the complexity of international fisheries.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2023

But AI is not a monolith, and anyone who says it’s either all good or all evil is oversimplifying.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2023

“And in many cases, that meant oversimplifying, omitting, and even outright falsehood. Now that you are here, there is no need for any of those things.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth