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as in difficulty
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
the food allergies of the guests were just another complication for the couple trying to plan their wedding reception
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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
complications set in after the surgery
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as in complexity
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects
a problem of such irreducible complication as to defy any easy solution
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Recent Examples of complication
Unsanitary conditions led to infections, gastrointestinal illnesses, and other severe health complications.
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Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
While some may opt to undergo the procedure for personal reasons, others do so after facing health complications, such as hardening of the tissue around the implant.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The tourbillon is assembled by hand in JLC’s grand complication workshop.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Increased Clarity And Simplification Of Complex Ideas Complexity is not the same as complication.
—Nora Herting, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
While some may opt to undergo the procedure for personal reasons, others do so after facing health complications, such as hardening of the tissue around the implant.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The tourbillon is assembled by hand in JLC’s grand complication workshop.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Increased Clarity And Simplification Of Complex Ideas Complexity is not the same as complication.
—Nora Herting, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complication
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Each group is coded by color to indicate difficulty: yellow for the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple for more challenging sets.Billie Schwab Dunn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Of the 170 starters, only 74 competitors managed to cross the finish line – a testament to the difficulty of the rally.New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
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Some people have trouble absorbing this vitamin due to disease, gastric surgery, or medication.Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, possibly a million or more, were swept into camps and prisons, with former detainees reporting abuse, disease and, in some cases, death.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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And to add further complexity, President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sworn into office on Jan. 20 - just one day after the ban could be implemented.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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There were also financial dynamics that added complexity to the pursuits.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Summary Celery has been used throughout history as a folk medicine to relieve many ailments.Hannah Coakley, MSPH, RDN, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
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Most common ailments aren’t connected to a single gene; polygenic risk scores aim to predict the lifetime likelihood of conditions, such as diabetes, in which many genes contribute to a person’s risk.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Patrik Laine missed a couple of games due to illness this week, but that does not seem to be a long-term issue.Chris Johnston, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Interview ‘The Inexplicable Facets of Living in a Human Body’: An Interview with Emma Bolden Emma R. Cohen The author of The Tiger and the Cage on writing about her hysterectomy, the absurdities of medical metaphor, and the illness narratives that liberate and limit us.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Despite months of efforts and good-faith proposals from the union, management has consistently stalled progress and made unilateral demands on working conditions.Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rival protesters have also braved cold conditions to call for his arrest.Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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At the center of these ills stands the island’s relationship with the mainland.Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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The strict binary of this is man, this is woman has been responsible for a lot of ills.Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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This fluctuation sets recurring dreams apart from bad dreams triggered by post-traumatic stress disorder, a psychological condition in which people relive specific memories from their waking life with far less variation while asleep.Amanda Heidt, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
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Decades of research into how individuals and crowds actually behave – as well as what drives them into disorder and violence – have debunked these claims.Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Complication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complication. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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