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simplify

[sim-pluh-fahy] / ˈsɪm pləˌfaɪ /


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“Shippers are more open and interested in working with fewer providers to simplify their supply chains.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The ride-hailing company Uber is cutting thousands of jobs to simplify its management structure, the chief executive said in a letter to employees Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“What John Brase was saying is we need to simplify things and make this business make more sense,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Hello, America. Whatever you need from government, start here," reads the America.gov platform, which Trump launched on Tuesday in a bid to simplify access to government information and federal services.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Most simply tell me what they remember. Later, I record events in the proper order, remove the unnecessary pieces, clarify, simplify, that sort of thing.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

A settlement simplifies things for Musk, who plans to take his rocket company SpaceX public this summer in what could be the largest IPO of all time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

“We believe there’s a clear model for the next-generation utility, where AI simplifies complexity and delivers measurable impact—and it’s something utilities can put to work today.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

The new method removes the need for overnight culturing and simplifies the testing process.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026

NordVPN offers a SmartPlay feature, which simplifies streaming on smart TVs, gaming consoles and devices like the Fire TV Stick.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Well that simplifies things,” I heard my father say.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

O’Keeffe simplified them, exploring geometric shapes and planes of color.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Many studies also rely on simplified mathematical models, including the widely used Kuramoto model, that represent each node with only a single variable.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The map below is a simplified version of the one created by the Office of Violence Prevention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The new weapons are a mix of upgraded low-end arms and simplified high-end ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Because theories are always being changed to account for new observations, they are never properly digested or simplified so that ordinary people can understand them.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

These have included lowering the percentage of shares that must be listed so entrepreneurs can retain a larger stake, and simplifying listing requirements and procedures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We are removing layers, simplifying team structures, refining our global location strategy, and focusing our people and investments against the biggest opportunities ahead of us,” Khosrowshahi said in his letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"By simplifying the design, we reached a size at which these robots can operate directly in the microbial world - almost like microscopic cleaning devices."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

By simplifying the attacking game into two-v-two or three-v-three situations, Liverpool are hoping to have a repeatable and dynamic solution, resulting in crosses from dangerous positions close to goal.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Though Gogol doesn’t know it, even Nikolai Gogol renamed himself, simplifying his surname at the age of twenty-two from Gogol-Yanovsky to Gogol upon publication in the Literary Gazette.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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