simplify
verb (used with object)
to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier.
was simplifying
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past progressiveof simplify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In a Twitter post, the company said on Saturday that "due to donor feedback" it was simplifying the process and will be refunding all donations to the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser.
From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2022
Frusciante: I was simplifying what I was doing, and then Flea got excited about that and started simplifying what he was doing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
PayPal said it was "simplifying" its cross-border fees.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2021
In July, a spokesperson for Taco Bell confirmed to Fox News that the fast-food chain was simplifying the menu in an effort to make ordering “faster, safer and easier” for workers and customers.
From Fox News ● Nov. 10, 2020
The arrangement didn't worry and distract me: it was simplifying, intensifying.
From Picture and Text 1893 by Henry James
