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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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Yet these traits, allied with superb technical ability, are what force defenders into making late and hasty decisions.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Code the shareholders wished out before us like slugs in a... Conversion Karen Solie First impression of a hasty once-over.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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The first training session meant real players, real drills and sketchy outlines gaining faces and legs and a tangible presence.Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
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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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Dan echoed this sentiment, rejecting superficial solutions like additional meetings and emphasizing the need for meaningful work, fair pay, and flexibility.Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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But if the models are doing something more superficial, then perhaps machine learning has no insights to offer linguistics.Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
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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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Go and read random slave narratives and get their experience of the time.David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Oh, the third mode is a combination of both – sets of airbags inflate and deflate in seemingly random order – which has been perhaps my favorite setting.New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Oversimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimple. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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