simplifications

noun

plural of simplification
1
as in generalizations

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as in summaries

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplifications
  1. generalizations
  2. summaries
  3. abstracts
  4. synopses
  5. abbreviations
  6. inventories
  7. outlines
  8. rundowns
Noun
  • The same can be demonstrated for generalizations of square grids in high dimensions.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • What’s bothered me, though, is how its backers have anchored their messaging around a lot of misleading generalizations about the state of college sports.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of generalizations
Noun
  • Their seconds-long spiels have touched on topical news instead, providing brief summaries of subjects like the protests in Europe and the war in Ukraine, as if long-form journalism is incomplete without a quick nod to the daily headlines.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026
  • With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • Scroll down past the first five abstracts for the research in question.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The New York Times first reported Tuesday that two COVID vaccine papers and abstracts of studies on a shingles vaccine were blocked by FDA officials.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 May 2026
Definition of abstracts
Noun
  • See the full list of additions to Rooftop’s summer film series below, with all synopses provided by Rooftop.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
  • See full details, including Denver Film synopses and each show’s openers, below.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of synopses
Noun
  • There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of abbreviations
Noun
  • The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries.
    — Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • City outlines planned safety improvements In a statement following the latest crash, the City of Modesto pointed to ongoing efforts to improve road safety.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • These are perfect negatives of the original objects, sometimes so detailed that the outlines of wood cells are visible under a microscope.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • None of Apple's hands on demos included speed tests, radio evaluations, or battery rundowns.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Art of Loving conquered the rankings for a month, while Messy peaked in second place on both rundowns.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of rundowns
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