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Recent Examples of oversimple
This oversimple model grants primacy based on authorship and chronology.
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Kevin Dettmar, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022
Kevin Dettmar, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversimple
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This frustration may lead you to make hasty decisions, abandon your goals or prioritize short-term gains at the expense of long-term success.Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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After all: Lord John, a former British officer from a storied military family, marrying a rebel widow in hasty fashion?Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Kareem Rahma Image The subway system gives us plenty of reasons to hate it: the delays, the sketchy weekend service, the Niagara Falls stairwell experience every time there is a weather event.Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Simply paying people to plant trees has long been a predominant feature of the carbon-offsets market, which is one reason offsets are widely considered to be so sketchy.Mark Gongloff, Boston Herald, 28 Dec. 2024
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Since 2001, the net effect of the state-building mission in Afghanistan has been the emergence of a strong Afghan army and a weak Afghan state, creating an imbalance that should worry anyone with a cursory knowledge of history or political theory.Paul D. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2014
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Taylor Swift's generosity also deserves admiration Swift’s altruism is frequently tagged as a reason for respect and admiration, even from those with a cursory interest in her.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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There are beautiful things about being an actor, but there are also some kind of superficial ones.Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Consumers today are savvier than ever and can discern between genuine authority and superficial claims.Lara Devgan, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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With each passing year, Michaels has added to his list of oracular pronouncements.Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Despite playing in one more game this season, he's thrown for nearly 300 fewer passing yards and has thrown five more interceptions.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The benefit of all of this, of course, is a shift toward recognizing, at least in the zeitgeist, the seemingly facile truth: that moms have identities and desires beyond being moms.Cady Lang, TIME, 24 May 2024
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The commentary on social media is mostly facile, although a humiliating trick played on Nikki is devilishly funny and some of the flashback-recap sequences make zippy use of online video.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
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Efforts to reform the system that has shielded oil companies from liability have been haphazard.Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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The entire ordeal was put together in a somewhat haphazard way that seemed consistent with her age and experience.Jessie Sage, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2024
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One random knock at the door in 2006 would lead to their house becoming part of television history.Gil Macias, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Scattering can also cause a random brightening/dimming of different areas of the spectrum, called scintillation, and somewhat analogous to the twinkling of stars caused by our atmosphere.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Oversimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimple. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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