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sophistication

[suh-fis-ti-key-shuhn] / səˌfɪs tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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However, the scale and sophistication of the passageway discovered under the Buy 4 Less was particularly notable, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

In the 2000s, subprime mortgages were extended to millions of Americans, many of them first-time homebuyers with limited financial sophistication and almost no financial cushion to weather real estate depreciation.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

The problem, West argued, was not just the volume of fabricated content but its sophistication; the tools had become so advanced that even experts struggled to distinguish the fake from the real.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Armenia has some legal tools to counter these threats, he said, but like many countries "they are not yet fully adapted to the scale and sophistication of the threat".

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Now, suddenly and unexpectedly, it had turned on him, reminding him of how short he fell in matters of sophistication.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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