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as in complexness
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects
the complexity of the company's computer system is such that a full-time employee is needed to maintain it
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as in difficulty
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with
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Recent Examples of complexity
With new capabilities being added to AI systems at a steady rate—in October, frontier AI lab Anthropic introduced the ability for its model to directly control a computer, still in beta—the complexity of governing this technology will only increase.
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Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
The complexity of the interplay among these compositional layers can be dizzying.
—Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the major findings in psychedelic science has been that the entropy — or randomness, complexity, and disorder — of brain activity is a kind of signature of a trip’s intensity.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
New York City’s environment offers additional complexities, with obstacles such as train stations making normal underpinning inaccessible.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
The complexity of the interplay among these compositional layers can be dizzying.
—Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the major findings in psychedelic science has been that the entropy — or randomness, complexity, and disorder — of brain activity is a kind of signature of a trip’s intensity.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
New York City’s environment offers additional complexities, with obstacles such as train stations making normal underpinning inaccessible.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complexity
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If these workers are deported, the food industry will probably have great difficulty replacing them.Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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But there are several counties where the difficulty is even higher.Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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His comments were often comedic due to their bluntness and lack of sophistication.Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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His jazz roots influenced his work across genres, bringing a sense of sophistication and complexity to popular music, while making jazz more accessible to broader audiences.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jennings died of complications from diabetes in February 2002.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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More research is needed to know if these drugs are actually causing some of the complications patients are now reporting—and suing over.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Of course, business users tasked with FP&A and other critical processes could care less about the intricacies that make analysis possible.Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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There is nothing analytical about Jackiw and Denk’s rendition, which translates all those formal intricacies into an infectious colloquy of voices.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Complexity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complexity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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