Example Sentences

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Neither simplistically optimistic nor preachy, “Hoppers” smuggles timely ideas inside a rodent body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

That same pattern also explains the forces behind our automobile abundance far better than simplistically invoking “mass production.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

The equation was simplistically designed to target those countries with surpluses, not those with recognisable quantifiable trade barriers.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

All the world’s conflicts and conclaves were seen, sometimes simplistically, in the context of this duopoly.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2025

However, to make significant progress toward those solutions, climate advocates must stop simplistically demonizing those companies and develop realistic strategies to overcome the legal and economic hurdles discussed here.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2023