side effects

noun

variants also side reactions
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plural of side effect
as in ramifications

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  1. ramifications
  2. aftereffects
  3. complexities
  4. complications
Noun
  • Getting Ready to Live Independently Natalia was nervous about the ramifications of leaving the family.
    Danielle Bacher, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Let’s take a reflective moment and consider the ramifications of this momentous advancement in AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of ramifications
Noun
  • The damage for Jett already was done, but doctors needed to control the aftereffects — the seizures.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Leone recounts the various decisions—or lack thereof—made by BP that led to cleanup workers’ later allegations of severe respiratory illness, among other devastating aftereffects.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of aftereffects
Noun
  • As each year passes, the complexities of cybersecurity and the more sophisticated threats grow.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What the seventh art has been notoriously bad at is exploring the concept of female desire, in all of its complexities and clandestine, dark-corner complications.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of complexities
Noun
  • This is where employers and healthcare business leaders can step in to help patients and employees receive the best care possible to avoid further complications and help improve patient and employee outcomes across the board.
    Ahzam Afzal, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Or, like Swarovski is doing by segmenting its collection into identifiable tiers, which the brand calls its ‘complications,’ targeting different product-price profiles.
    Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of complications
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