sophistication
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The arrival of fine tissue paper from China in the mid-19th century revolutionized the process, allowing for greater sophistication.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Lyrically, “Rubber Soul” revealed a new level of sophistication and wit in the group’s writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Speaking at the UK Space Conference, Streeting said that threat from Britain's adversaries was growing in "scale, speed and sophistication", adding that the "challenges in space increasingly mirror the geopolitics on Earth".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Experts have warned cyberattacks on ships can be extraordinarily dangerous, depending upon the sophistication and the type of vessel involved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
I’d need all the sophistication I could muster to make us believable when we attempted to cross the bridge.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
“It is as if she had returned from some noble-nonsense war movie of the 1940’s to suggest an area of human response that the masterly sophistications of ‘M.A.S.H.’ are unaware of.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
“It was so long that its sophistications were less visible,” she said, laughing, and added that she initially resisted suggested cuts.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2012
In the Domain, a modern enclave built by the President for useful foreigners and technocrats, Salim is introduced to the casual sophistications of the Big Man's white men and the records of Joan Baez.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trouble is that we have not yet attained several sophistications that are necessary for its successful operation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aside from adulteration by mixing substitutes with ground coffee, and an occasional case of factitious molded berries, the main sophistications of coffee comprise coating and coloring the whole beans.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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