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How to use the word simplistic in a Sentence?

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In a simplistic sense, you can imagine that there’s a bunch of abnormal neurons in this one target that are firing away uncontrollably, causing the tremor, the shaking.

Neal Kassell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The( initiative) is not even a decade old yet. Labeling it a failure because of delayed or distressed projects would be premature and simplistic, as would deeming it a success for Chinese global influence.

Austin Strange

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s clear the firm which conducted this review, which already had potential conflict-of-interest issues, relied heavily on the University of Pittsburgh’s word and simplistic ‘ understanding ’ that fetal tissue was properly used.

Mike Kelly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The degree of cross-protection from Delta and Omicron is not very well-known yet, it's a complicated answer generally, but for a simplistic one, the answer is, having natural infection provides some immunity and probably provides some cross-immunity, but the magnitude of the cross-immunity is not known.

Myron Cohen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

One of the ethical challenges is, are we going to insist on fair distribution within those countries ? Or are we just going to give them vaccine and let them give it to the military and elite ? it sounds nice to say we're going to aid others, but its simplistic, because some governments are corrupt.

Keisha Ray

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It sounds nice to say we're going to aid others, but its simplistic, because some governments are corrupt.

Keisha Ray

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Virtually every major law enforcement groupsupports Vanita Gupta, you wouldn't know that would you when you hear on the floor that shewants to legalize all drugs and take money away from the police. Those simplistic statements belie the truth.

Dick Durbin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Even though his rhetoric is very simplistic, it's effective, people are still giving him the benefit of the doubt. But a time will come when reality bites.

Fernando Belaunzaran

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

( It's) not too dissimilar we've seen from Russia about 4-5 years ago in terms of very simplistic personas and the use of identical messaging across accounts.

Lee Foster

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We're seeing an evolution in the ancient lake environment recorded in these rocks, it wasn't just a static lake. It's helping us move from a simplistic view of Mars going from wet to dry. Instead of a linear process, the history of water was more complicated.

Valerie Fox

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That would be a simplistic vision of the international market, the Premier League is the league that sells The Premier League broadcast rights for the biggest value and The Premier League doesn't have the best players nor the best clubs. The market for broadcasting rights does not work like this.

Javier Tebas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm pretty confident that the overwhelming majority of Americans are looking for the kind of politics that does feed our hopes and not our fears, that does work together and doesn't try to divide us, that isn't looking for simplistic solutions and scapegoating.

President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

To buy Triple Bs under the pretext that they're cheap and have already priced in the risk, I think is simplistic at the least and dangerous at the worst.

Mark Howard

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To think that living standards go down and people, what, revolt? It's too simplistic, that would follow the logic of 'it's the economy, stupid.' But it's not just the economy, stupid.

Maria Lipman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's already clear wildlife is being killed by this mud, to say the mud is not a health risk is overly simplistic.

Klemens Laschesfki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You have to step back and say why is that and would a separation actually solve whatever the underlying issues are that are creating the current valuation?, you have to be careful that it's not too simplistic an analysis.

Derek Aberle

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The statements about the Jones Act in the (former IMF economists') report are overly simplistic, completely one-sided, and just plain wrong.

Mark Ruge

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unlike 2010, the eurozone banking system is much better insulated from possible contagion following the latest negative developments in Greece, nevertheless, we would expect a markdown of EZ (eurozone) banks in particular as they have been recent strong performers and clear beneficiaries of the rather simplistic 'Europe is recovering' reflation trade.

Neil Dwane

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Nevertheless, we would expect a markdown of EZ (eurozone) banks in particular as they have been recent strong performers and clear beneficiaries of the rather simplistic 'Europe is recovering' reflation trade.

Neil Dwane

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's not going to be the last time anyone says something stupid within our party, but it can't be tolerated within our party, we've also had enough of this dumbed-down conservatism. We need to stop being simplistic, we need to trust the intelligence of the American people and we need to stop insulting the intelligence of the voters.

Bobby Jindal

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As she's a female director and I played along with a woman, who's also a director, I didn't want this guy to end up being the bastard of the story and the woman a victim, it has never been in Maiwenn's plans to be that radical and simplistic but at some times I would say,' No, no, it's not possible. Guys -- put yourself in our shoes, it's not easy.' .

Vincent Cassel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have heard it said that families with many children and the birth of many children are the among the causes of poverty. I think that is a simplistic opinion.

Pope Francis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret

Anthony Robbins

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors?

Nadine Gordimer

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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