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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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Genuine investment opportunities don’t require hasty decisions.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Once the cops go — a hasty exit that also feels rehearsed — the Brigstockes hold each other.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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The Emmy winner joined the NBC sketchy comedy show in 1982 and appeared on three seasons.Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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Having him as one of the key voices in the section about Gandolfini’s troubles, without providing any context for Albrecht’s issues in this area, feels extremely sketchy.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
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However, any reader of the list with even a cursory knowledge of the European economic landscape will view the figures with skepticism, with the Fortune 500 Europe measuring companies’ revenues from 2023.BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
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The individual elements of Ka’s style would be familiar to a listener with even a cursory knowledge of rap.Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
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This stands in contrast to the often superficial engagements seen on mainstream platforms.Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Although more superficial aspects of his middle-eastern culture of 2,000 years ago contrast sharply with our western-capitalist society, other, deeper aspects of the two eras are eerily similar.Leslie Smith Reeves Faith Matters, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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But in the cacophony of a campaign in its final week, the tempest over endorsements felt like a holdover from a passing era of mass media consumption.Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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The passing remark stayed with Pierre, who, standing at 6 foot, 3 inches, has spent much of his career disproving that notion with memorable characters on stage and screen.Max Gao, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
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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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Instead of relying on haphazard observations and product claims, the Outside Lab @ CU Denver set up an experiment to find out which travel mug keeps beverages warmest the longest.Adam Trenkamp, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
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At times, the company seems to police videos primarily in response to public outcry, which makes its decisions inherently haphazard and potentially malleable.Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2018
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When shown random pixels, the judge guessed correctly only about 59% of the time.Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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So far, the only sign of anything amiss is the random Magic Marker doodle on the back of one of the many papers in Kornacki’s hands.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Oversimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimple. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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