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as in to streamline
to make less complex
you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today
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as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics
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Recent Examples of simplify
In accounts payable, companies including Cherry and Apron have focused on simplifying payouts.
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Lucinda Shen, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
His early strategic focuses include changing the coffee chain’s marketing, simplifying menus and fixing pricing.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
Dave answers user questions, and reviews and simplifies medical documents.
—Time Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Narasimhan was let go in August and replaced with Niccol, who has been vocal about his plans to simplify Starbucks’ menu amid lagging sales.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Lucinda Shen, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
His early strategic focuses include changing the coffee chain’s marketing, simplifying menus and fixing pricing.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
Dave answers user questions, and reviews and simplifies medical documents.
—Time Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Narasimhan was let go in August and replaced with Niccol, who has been vocal about his plans to simplify Starbucks’ menu amid lagging sales.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Sensei announced a plan to reduce operating expenses and streamline operations by closing its Rockville, Maryland research site and reducing its workforce by approximately 46%.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The series streamlines much of the larger historical context and can feel claustrophobic as a result — in excluding a full picture of what British occupation materially meant in the day-to-day of West Belfast, the series fails to communicate the scale of what this history means to the region.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Elena Ferrante explains that the earthquake was an exterior thing.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Abramovitch explained how Swift could have been an exception to this rule because her career in both country and pop music gives her fans on both sides of the American political divide.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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DiSalvo clarified that her challenges were independent of her affiliation with the group.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The sun is activating your third house of communication, emphasizing your ideas and clarifying your messages.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The aftermath of Israel’s 1982 invasion illustrates another stark fact: permanently weakening or even defeating an organization can give rise to new ones.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion.Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the end, the experiment demonstrated vampire bats can convert amino acids into energy in less than 10 minutes and use it to fuel a lengthy endurance run.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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As the 2020 election demonstrated, federalism can also bolster the integrity of elections precisely because of the power that states themselves have.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Simplify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplify. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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