simplistic
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Yet it is too simplistic to say that Powell was simply very unlucky.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
"You have to view it from the context of what went before, and shirts were fairly plain and simplistic in design," John Blair, author of A Culture of Kits, told BBC World Service's Sporting Witness.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race,” he declared in a simplistic tautology, “is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Directed by Andy Serkis with a screenplay from Nicholas Stoller, “Animal Farm” reduces Orwell’s already simplistic allegory to a shadow of its former self.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Because the hearing was kept private, like all proceedings in family court, the news stories could continue to be sensational and simplistic, easy arguments for one side or the other.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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