- past participle of sophisticate.
- past tense form of sophisticate.
sophisticated
Example Sentences
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The tribe has some 1,500 members and one of the most sophisticated energy enterprises in the American West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"It doesn't need to be sophisticated," she says, "whatever you can do, just absolutely shade your windows and you will definitely feel the difference in the summer months."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Two of the world’s most sophisticated equipment buyers, depreciating similar gear, landed six months apart on how long that gear lasts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The firm's shares jumped over 600 percent on opening, but the frenzy is very much a bet on the future, with commercial application of even the most sophisticated humanoids currently limited.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
By 36 BCE they had developed the concept of zero and sophisticated calendar systems.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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