Example Sentences

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Yet many scientists do not like the term because they feel it oversimplifies the science or because it cultivates a fatalistic outlook.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2024

"That number really oversimplifies what happens physiologically in the body when your body is exposed to that temperature, and it doesn't account for important variables like age or other vulnerability factors."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

"It is crucial to recognise that blaming Ronaldo alone oversimplifies a complex issue," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023

But this convenient line of thinking not only oversimplifies the solution but understates the problem.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2022

Suffice to say that there is a core of truth to Jefferson’s account of the dinner-table bargain, though it vastly oversimplifies the history that was happening at that propitious moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis