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simplify

[sim-pluh-fahy] / ˈsɪm pləˌfaɪ /


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We can expect from him to simplify Germany's approach to ball possession.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He renamed the company Martin Defense Group after himself, joking that it would simplify his future takeover of Lockheed Martin.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"We need to minimize risks and simplify a potential application in humans," he says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Justin Herbert and Mike McDaniel need to get on the same page fast and find ways to simplify the Chargers’ offense ahead of a daunting series of games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The key to making subject and verb agree is to correctly identify the subject, and for that you have to simplify the sentence in your mind and eliminate the extraneous stuff.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

While this approach simplifies planning, it can miss important differences in how inflation actually affects retiree budgets and may understate the real pressure on long-term purchasing power.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

The settlement simplifies matters for Musk, who plans to take his rocket company SpaceX public this summer in a potentially record IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

“We believe there’s a clear model for the next-generation utility, where AI simplifies complexity and delivers measurable impact—and it’s something utilities can put to work today.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

While this simplifies experiments, it can hide important details, especially for antibodies that target regions near the base of the protein close to the membrane.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026

She simplifies the situation to the point that whoever’s sitting across from her is left feeling foolish.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The map below is a simplified version of the one created by the Office of Violence Prevention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“It is a 58% reduced likelihood of being arrested compared to a comparison group. But WPC is not wrong. It should not be sort of flattened or further simplified as a 58% reduction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The researchers went beyond simplified model compounds and tested the catalyst on real lignin collected from several biomass sources.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Having a simplified menu of tools and functionality helped encourage Townsend Harris to switch to NumWorks.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

A faithful replica, except the paint was more simplified than his actual colon ing would have been.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Telecommunication providers will be able to access reliable data in minutes rather than weeks while simplifying data integration, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We are removing layers, simplifying team structures, refining our global location strategy, and focusing our people and investments against the biggest opportunities ahead of us,” Khosrowshahi said in his letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"By simplifying the design, we reached a size at which these robots can operate directly in the microbial world - almost like microscopic cleaning devices."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

By simplifying the attacking game into two-v-two or three-v-three situations, Liverpool are hoping to have a repeatable and dynamic solution, resulting in crosses from dangerous positions close to goal.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

One therefore has to make simplifying assumptions and approximations—and even then, the problem of extracting predictions remains a formidable one.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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