- past participle of sophisticate.
- past tense form of sophisticate.
sophisticated
Example Sentences
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"I thought I was such a sophisticated older man," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“As dumb and playful and crazy as it is, it has amazing structure,” says Shawkat of the story, which lured her both as a comedy and as something more sophisticated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Systematic strategies, employed by big hedge funds and some institutional managers, use sophisticated algorithms and data inputs to make investing decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Requirements on computing providers wouldn’t stop sophisticated actors from running harmful models on their own infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Why were supposedly sophisticated traders at AIG FP doing this stuff?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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