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verb

past tense of streamline
1
as in simplified
to make less complex streamline the work of mailing out flyers by using computer-generated labels

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2
as in redesigned
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage in an effort to compete against online vendors, many traditional retailers have had to streamline their brick-and-mortar stores

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Recent Examples of streamlined
Adjective
First projects are due to be revealed soon and additional hires will be made though the scale is to remain streamlined. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 But the settlement that the Pentagon agreed to on Friday would go even further, creating a streamlined process that would apply to more people in a larger time frame. Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
This minor adjustment not only reduced bugs but also streamlined the testing process, saving countless hours. Q Hamirani, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 To fix this, Rivian has swapped out suppliers and streamlined its production process, even at the cost of shutting down its assembly line earlier this year. Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for streamlined 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streamlined
Adjective
  • At Tod’s, Prada, and Bottega Veneta, designers skipped the classic penny strap for a sleeker, softer effect; at Miu Miu and Ferragamo, suede and sock-like construction telegraphed a sense of ease.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Black laminate adds a sleek leather look to 100 cotton indigo denim.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Why can’t these forms be simplified?
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • However, if the tax code is simplified, Americans could also lose certain deductions and credits that benefit low-income families or people experiencing high medical costs.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Advertisement Like a taut earthquake fault that too often unbelts itself and cuts loose with repellent force, a deep lode of hate and racist one-upmanship undergirds Southern California.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But unlike explorations of this taut dynamic before it, Mangold’s film subtly grapples with what exactly this taking looks like.
    Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This list is in alphabetical order and will be updated.
    Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This list is regularly updated as movies rotate on and off of Prime Video.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Cécile, the willful teenage narrator, is vacationing on the Côte d’Azur with her rakish widowed father, Raymond.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The Vanquish cuts a rakish profile that is underscored by a wheelbase that is 3.1 inches longer than that of the DBS, which was Aston’s most recent V12 model in the Vanquish’s grand touring class.
    Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • For instance, the grammar and translation method has been modernized to help students grasp complex concepts like abstract words, idioms and metaphors.
    Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • For dinner, it’s modernized with lemon butter, white wine and capers, plus sautéed kale from Crum’s Heirlooms, a family farm in Bonner Springs, and mashed potatoes grown at Thane Palmberg Farm, a vegetable patch near De Soto.
    Alison Booth, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Streamlined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streamlined. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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