1
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
Leave it to big-batch cocktails and punches to simplify your host duties.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
After the wording was simplified, the attorney general's office signed off on the League of Women Voters' ballot language for its amendment.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
This streamlined process simplifies revenue streams and eliminates costly chargebacks, providing merchants greater financial predictability and security.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Better Compliance And Risk Mitigation Modern tools not only simplify compliance but also enhance accuracy.
—Gary Galstyan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
After the wording was simplified, the attorney general's office signed off on the League of Women Voters' ballot language for its amendment.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
This streamlined process simplifies revenue streams and eliminates costly chargebacks, providing merchants greater financial predictability and security.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Better Compliance And Risk Mitigation Modern tools not only simplify compliance but also enhance accuracy.
—Gary Galstyan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplify
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Read on to learn how focused digital tools can streamline the work of highly specialized companies and roles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Besides carve-outs for individual projects in recent years, lawmakers have passed CEQA streamlining for certain kinds of housing and other developments.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The smaller budget is in part explained by the expiration of one-time spending that came as part of 2023’s more than $70 billion budget that raised spending by nearly 40%.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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And as one dad recently shared on Reddit, the days of explaining things with talk of storks or other mythical tales are likely over.—
Christian Dashiell,
Parents,
7 June 2025
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Use these prompts to clarify thinking, then test insights through actual leadership situations.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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While the wording from Van Duyne appeared to suggest that SBA funds would only be available to U.S. citizens, rather than businesses under foreign or undocumented ownership, the bill itself clarified that green card holders would be eligible to apply.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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However, as one family’s experience illustrates, the story of the Great Wealth Transfer is far more complex.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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To illustrate the scale of this complexity, Lin explains that there can be seemingly endless ticket combinations for trips between Los Angeles and London.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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The lander also carried a water electrolyzer experiment to demonstrate technologies that could split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, critical resources for a future Moon base.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 6,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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Other journalists had excoriated McCarthy earlier, in print and on the radio, but Murrow met the medium and the moment in 1954, demonstrating the senator’s smear tactics and stirring a severe public backlash.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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“Simplify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplify. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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