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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversophisticated
Adjective
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Milan is a cosmopolitan city — someone who has lived here for a month is already Milanese.—
Martino Carrera,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025 -
To some initial consternation, a Texan actor named Renée Zellweger is cast as the UK’s essential heroine, a character who, by then, is already globally understood to be a byword for contemporary, cosmopolitan womanhood.—
Hugh Grant,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Cox, appointed by Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu in 2022, affirmed on local news station WCVB last Sunday that his department does not comply with ICE's civil immigration detainers.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Fulton, an ex-girlfriend of Nicolas Cage and mother of Weston Cage, is suing the actor father-son pair for negligence and Weston Cage for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to a civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles this week.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Tony Roberts, the urbane supporting actor known for his collaborations with Woody Allen in six films — including the Oscar best picture winner Annie Hall — and two Broadway plays, died Friday.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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Also known as Bozen, the prosperous city is a taste of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a reminder that today’s Italy is only about 100 years old, and an especially urbane pan-European corner of Europe.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Swiss skincare import creates sophisticated formulations featuring pure alpine ingredients from high altitude plants and Triple DNA, a patented marine DNA extract that deeply hydrates and boosts cell renewal.—
Bea McMonagle,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The military's main findings were that the region's most powerful and sophisticated military misread Hamas' intentions, underestimated its capabilities and was wholly unprepared for the surprise attack by thousands of heavily armed militants in the early morning hours of a major Jewish holiday.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cadets like Ayanna Amaro, a Waukegan High School junior, got the message about being courteous before Villalobos made his comments about bodycams, including how to conduct a sobriety test during a DUI stop.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2025
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In organizations with courteous and helpful employees, performance was higher, and employees were less likely to quit.—
Lieke ten Brummelhuis,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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“Oversophisticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversophisticated. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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