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Recent Examples of overcomplicated
Simple Solutions For Complex Matters Healthcare systems are known to be intricate and overcomplicated due to their multifunctionality.
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Sergey Mashchenko, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The internet is rife with fitness hucksters and overpriced, overcomplicated training plans, but Patrick seemed different.
—Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, the system is one of the worst of the year, failing to connect with my Droid for the majority of the test and being generally overcomplicated and anti-intuitive.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
All the ingredients were pristine, but it wasn't overcomplicated or filling in a bad way.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
Stuart Isett—Fortune The U.S. health system has often been criticized for putting profits above patients with exorbitant fees and overcomplicated processes that get in the way of keeping people healthy.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 24 May 2024
If life has become overcomplicated, make an effort to remove some of those obstacles.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
The ghosts aim to widen the significance of these events, but their observations are usually either overcomplicated or banal—sometimes both.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
As is increasingly common in our remorselessly overcomplicated age, the coverage of Hamas’s extraordinarily brutal incursion into the nation of Israel has been sliced and diced along a whole host of convoluted lines.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 10 Oct. 2023
Sergey Mashchenko, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The internet is rife with fitness hucksters and overpriced, overcomplicated training plans, but Patrick seemed different.
—Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, the system is one of the worst of the year, failing to connect with my Droid for the majority of the test and being generally overcomplicated and anti-intuitive.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
All the ingredients were pristine, but it wasn't overcomplicated or filling in a bad way.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
Stuart Isett—Fortune The U.S. health system has often been criticized for putting profits above patients with exorbitant fees and overcomplicated processes that get in the way of keeping people healthy.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 24 May 2024
If life has become overcomplicated, make an effort to remove some of those obstacles.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
The ghosts aim to widen the significance of these events, but their observations are usually either overcomplicated or banal—sometimes both.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
As is increasingly common in our remorselessly overcomplicated age, the coverage of Hamas’s extraordinarily brutal incursion into the nation of Israel has been sliced and diced along a whole host of convoluted lines.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 10 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcomplicated
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Yet, disentangling cartel operations from U.S. interests in Mexico could be immensely complicated.—
Maria Abi-Habib,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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However, these breakthroughs come with inherent hazards, such as adversaries misusing AI, ethical issues and the difficulty of preserving transparency in complicated systems.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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While the plot is as convoluted and silly as in the last film — Dr. Edelmann tries to cure Dracula’s vampirism through blood transfusions, among other developments — there’s slightly more cohesion.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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This is where things get a little convoluted and nonsensical.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The groom, whose family had a complex relationship with the uninvited guest, had carefully curated the guest list.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ensuring a stable and sustainable power supply is both complex and urgent, particularly in key regions like Texas, where the grid is already under strain.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Strong winds sweeping through L.A. continue to spread the wildfires as well as complicate containment, with the biggest blaze — the Palisades fire — only 11 percent contained, fire officials estimated.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2025
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Bananas have high sugar which can lead to or further complicate diabetes in your cat.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025
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Free Dance: Always a crowd favorite, the ice dancers will bring elegance, passion, and intricate choreography to the ice.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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On the west, there’s an intricate network of salt marshes and creeks.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 Jan. 2025
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The price hikes at the clinic happened for a reason that is symptomatic of the tangled web of federal policies that regulate drug pricing.—
Katie Thomas,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The scandal involves a tangled web of personalities and businesses.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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Zeppelin Reimagined The Palace, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford The latest of several Led Zeppelin tributes to hit Connecticut this winter, Zeppelin Reimagined adds elaborate visual effects to the performance of classic Zep songs.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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In July 2024, Beckman resigned as CEO after being pushed out by the board, which had discovered an elaborate deception, Venture Beat reported.—
Cyrus Farivar,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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He’s sent flying off his bicycle by a cop, part of the predictably crooked department that stymies Terry’s attempts to work within the town’s labyrinthine legal system.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Dec. 2024
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Such traits are evident in its architecture, which has remained largely the same throughout history, from ornate palazzi to a scruffy, labyrinthine old town whose narrow streets (caruggi in the local dialect) barely get any sunlight.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Dec. 2024
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