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simplicity

[sim-plis-i-tee] / sɪmˈplɪs ɪ ti /


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One of the most promising features of the technology is its simplicity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Take a sip: Martinis are savored for their elegant simplicity and refined romanticism.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

The simplicity of their progression to the semi-final was a touch surreal.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The simplicity of Coast FI makes it both appealing and difficult to rely on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

For all his love of the automobile, Howard was still attracted to the romance of frontier simplicity.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Carson Palmer had gotten used to the simplicities of football being done for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

Lyrical simplicities aside, her songs are weird, distinctive, beautiful, ranging, and complicated.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2021

But visit the border in southern California - where they say it is the busiest international crossing point in the world - and you witness the complexities, not the simplicities.

From BBC ● May 24, 2016

You do some violence to private emotion and private thought when you reduce it to simplicities of public conversation.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2015

When home from the hotel circuit, Howard’s longings were for the simplicities of small-town life: spending time with family and friends and working in the family’s poolroom.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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