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One common used approach is to limit the total amount of words. When a complex word is needed, a simpler explanation is used instead. Randall Munroe (xkcd) did this for his book "Thing Explainer": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_Explainer He only used the 1000 most common words in English to write his book.
There is also Simple English Wikipedia, where people attempt to explain stuff for people with a low reading level. That way they can improve their reading and knowledge base, which is honestly such a cool thing to have in this world. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page