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Recent Examples of side effect
In the shorter-term, taking too much testosterone can lead to side effects such as acne, mood swings, unwanted hair growth (hirsutism) and deepening of the voice—some of which may be irreversible.
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Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 18 Mar. 2025
Astronauts returning to non-zero gravity also cause some unusual side effects, Duffy told the outlet — including for human skin.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Both drugs have similar side effects, including dizziness and tiredness.
—Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
Conventional treatments primarily rely on immunosuppressive drugs, which can have significant side effects.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 18 Mar. 2025
Astronauts returning to non-zero gravity also cause some unusual side effects, Duffy told the outlet — including for human skin.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Both drugs have similar side effects, including dizziness and tiredness.
—Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
Conventional treatments primarily rely on immunosuppressive drugs, which can have significant side effects.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
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So, look inwards, amid swirling headlines, fear of legal ramifications, and changing priorities, what’s one thing inclusive leaders can do to help to stay on the inclusive leadership journey?—
Simone E. Morris,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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As California leaders fight against President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, Sacramento schools are in limbo — waiting to see what kind of potentially devastating ramifications that the dissolution of the department could have on their operations.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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These laws maintained a gender imbalance of Chinese immigrants for more than a century, and their aftereffects persist to this day.—
Jane Hu,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Both the film’s original script and the new album were overhauled to incorporate the aftereffects of the Weeknd’s experience at SoFi.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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Audience fascination with Bernstein and von Karajan, Danish argues, stems from a contemporary hunger for authentic portrayals of human complexity.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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This cocktail is essentially a Breakfast Martini but with Irish whiskey instead of gin, and our advice there holds here too: Marmalade is a major agent of complexity here, so different brands will absolutely produce different results.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2025
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The film whisks through various plot convolutions, but the real attraction is the sharp dialogue (David Mamet co-writes the script), the tense scenes of spycraft in practice, and action sequences that Frankenheimer must have been waiting his whole career to shoot.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The plot veers through various sidetracking convolutions and there is more exposition than necessary tied to supplementary characters.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2025
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In her life off-screen, Moore struggled with complications from living with type 1 diabetes.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Conclusion Elegant failure and customer expectation management will become more important as the complexity, complication and interdependency of solutions rise.—
Agur Jõgi,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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