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sophisticated

[suh-fis-ti-key-tid] / səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪ tɪd /




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The FanGraphs projection system, a sophisticated model designed to predict how teams will perform, has estimated that the Brewers would win an average of about 80 games over the past 10 uninterrupted campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

They were the kinds of residents I always imagined Fairhope as having: friendly and sophisticated, meeting regularly to discuss the world.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen acknowledged to a parliamentary committee that the government was struggling to contain the groups that he said had evolved from street-level outfits into "sophisticated and decentralised networks".

From BBC • May 3, 2026

"Though the trend remains nascent, for Japan, the wandering eyes of traditional US defence partners could add to the demand for the sorts of sophisticated capabilities Tokyo is well-prepared to offer."

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

I am arguing here from dates of publication: Galileo had already developed a sophisticated theory of falling bodies, backed up by exquisite experiments; but he had not published, and would not until 1638.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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