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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
oversimplify .
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Examples
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More generally, like many articles written about Supreme Court decisions, Pearlstein oversimplifies the cases he discusses.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Insufficiently Deferential D.C. Circuit? 2010
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To attempt to place it in such black and white terms oversimplifies the issues at hand, and makes logical decision making difficult, at best.
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As Chris Hughes, my colleague on the Obama campaign, has pointed out, Gladwell vastly oversimplifies online organizing -- and fails to understand that, far from creating a zero-sum game, online participation can be a powerful gateway to offline engagement.
Sam Graham-Felsen: What Gladwell Got Wrong: Beyond "Like Button" Activism Sam Graham-Felsen 2010
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But Rodgers ignores the intricacies of the solar manufacturing supply-chain and oversimplifies a complex challenge for manufacturers -- both in the U.S. and abroad.
Rhone Resch: Knocking Down a Few Solar Energy Myths Rhone Resch 2011
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As Chris Hughes, my colleague on the Obama campaign, has pointed out, Gladwell vastly oversimplifies online organizing -- and fails to understand that, far from creating a zero-sum game, online participation can be a powerful gateway to offline engagement.
Sam Graham-Felsen: What Gladwell Got Wrong: Beyond "Like Button" Activism Sam Graham-Felsen 2010
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As Chris Hughes, my colleague on the Obama campaign, has pointed out, Gladwell vastly oversimplifies online organizing -- and fails to understand that, far from creating a zero-sum game, online participation can be a powerful gateway to offline engagement.
Sam Graham-Felsen: What Gladwell Got Wrong: Beyond "Like Button" Activism Sam Graham-Felsen 2010
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But Rodgers ignores the intricacies of the solar manufacturing supply-chain and oversimplifies a complex challenge for manufacturers -- both in the U.S. and abroad.
Rhone Resch: Knocking Down a Few Solar Energy Myths Rhone Resch 2011
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But Segal says we are not a generation that oversimplifies good and evil, nor do we revel in violence, The death of Osama Bin Laden is a sign of closure for millions, but there are thousands of my peers who are still serving and sacrificing in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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If Bank of America's payment was duplicated there, again an assumption that potentially oversimplifies, Citi could be facing about $1.44 billion in any settlement.
BofA Settlement Viewed as Blueprint for More Pacts David Benoit 2011
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While I empathize with the sentiment, this belief is flawed because it oversimplifies the research debate in the same way that the new reformers oversimplify the education reform debate.
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