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as in plainness
the quality or state of having a form or structure of few parts or elements
the machine was designed with a simplicity that should ensure ease of use by almost anyone
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as in clarity
clearness of expression
the simplicity of this poem is beautiful
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
the stupefying simplicity of the generals who thought that war would be over in a month
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as in naturalness
the quality or state of being simple and sincere
answered the judge's questions with childlike simplicity
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Recent Examples of simplicity
Through the 18th and into the 19th centuries, the Classical Revival house style represented a turn to simplicity after the lavish ornamentation of previous periods like French Rococo, and that clean austerity still has appeal today.
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Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Manuel drives this simplicity forward with his passion for giving back to his community.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Secondly, the industry has perpetuated a culture that values simplicity and tradition over modernization.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Minimalist cocktails will remain popular, focusing on simplicity while delivering complex flavors.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Manuel drives this simplicity forward with his passion for giving back to his community.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Secondly, the industry has perpetuated a culture that values simplicity and tradition over modernization.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Minimalist cocktails will remain popular, focusing on simplicity while delivering complex flavors.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for simplicity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplicity
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To balance nuance and clarity, Mignola has become a kind of genius at reducing the lavish styles of his visual influences — mostly illustrators, among them Frank Frazetta and Arthur Rackham — to their essences.—
Sam Thielman,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Transcendence The dimension of transcendence with its behaviors of being appreciative, inspired, purposeful, optimistic, and creative, points to its importance in cultivating a sense of possibility with clarity about what is important.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Amid the madness and tension of the most recent presidential-election campaign, a wild form of clickbait video started flying around the political internet.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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That includes hunting and other kinds of macho madness that Blake rebels against, a divide that never really got healed and a father/son bond that was completely broken when Grady simply disappeared.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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This collective effort, supported by the Producers Branch of the Academy, the PGA, and the Producer Program at the Sundance Institute, also demonstrates the power of unity in our community.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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But his opening week has done much to dispel the greater fear from Ukraine and its allies that Trump preferred coziness with Putin to NATO’s unity.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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This insanity aside, allowing states to override federal enforcement priorities guarantees that the federal government will have to release or fail to arrest serious criminals to make way for peaceful people targeted by states with aggressive attorneys general.—
David J Bier,
Orange County Register,
19 Jan. 2025
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Toward the end of his frenetic set, though, DaBaby doubled down on the insanity.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2025
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Attorneys for Michael Madigan opened their final bid to persuade jurors of his innocence by hearkening back to a memorable nickname for the former speaker: the Sphinx.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Teni, just 2 years old at the time, was forced to witness the appalling scene unfold through a lens of innocence.—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Ben Stiller directs six of those entries (notably, the first and final three) with an unsettling symmetry; balancing and unbalancing compositions in order to undercut the inherent comforts of routine and uniformity.—
Erin Strecker,
IndieWire,
3 Jan. 2025
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The shift in mindset, then, should be away from yearning for uniformity and toward embracing the patchwork as part of a vibrant, ever-changing ecosystem.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
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These dispatches were quick flashes of absurdity, many of them lasting just a bit more than a minute.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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One banking outage: how US paychecks could be affected The absurdity of the situation struck a chord with Reddit users, who responded with both concern and comedy.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Min walks off after becoming convinced Chris doesn’t see a future with him (Yang plays his character’s sadness and disappointment in himself with touching sincerity) and Lee feels betrayed after an unforeseen development comes to light, the result of a drunken evening.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Jan. 2025
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The orange represents success, determination, and creativity while the blue stands for trust, loyalty, and sincerity and strength.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Simplicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplicity. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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