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Discover LudwigThe phrase "have dumbed down" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the process of simplifying something, often to make it more accessible or understandable, sometimes at the expense of quality or depth. Example: "The new curriculum has dumbed down the material, making it less challenging for students."
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This could have dumbed down the cuisine, but it has focused its pleasures instead.
The British book industry is responding with energy to the suggestion that ebooks have dumbed down their business.
The No Child Left Behind law allowed each state to set its own academic standards, with the result that many have dumbed down curriculums and tests.
Yet many experts agree that the main reason President George W. Bush's original law has failed to raise student achievement significantly is that states have dumbed down their exams.
"They have dumbed down the dummies".
We have dumbed down and celebrated it.
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"We've dumbed down our clairvoyance".
P42 i BBC denies it has dumbed down University Challenge questions.
"There was a perception that the S.F.O. had dumbed down and has taken easier, less-complex cases".
He argued last year that the Labour government had "dumbed down" schooling.
Is it the culture that has dumbed down, or is it the executives?
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