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having many different parts; having many facets
a multifaceted approach to health care
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Recent Examples of multifaceted
While fraud cases collectively have involved millions of dollars, officials say the cases are a relatively small percentage of a multifaceted program involving $9 billion annually.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
Osbourne, who died on Tuesday at 76, became a more multifaceted and adaptable thinker than early observers would’ve guessed.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
That’s part of a multifaceted issue affecting the makeup of MLB rosters, which included just 6.2 percent Black players on opening day, down from a peak of more than 18 percent in the 1980s.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 July 2025
The nomination underscores Griffiths' multifaceted expertise as a chef, hunter and author.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
Osbourne, who died on Tuesday at 76, became a more multifaceted and adaptable thinker than early observers would’ve guessed.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
That’s part of a multifaceted issue affecting the makeup of MLB rosters, which included just 6.2 percent Black players on opening day, down from a peak of more than 18 percent in the 1980s.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 July 2025
The nomination underscores Griffiths' multifaceted expertise as a chef, hunter and author.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multifaceted
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Some say the video represents a rising crime problem in the city, but crime statistics paint a more complicated picture.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Code Talkers developed an extensive and complicated code based on their own language, which substituted key military and geographical terms for related images.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Interactions with pets do occur, though the outcomes are varied and unpredictable.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
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But given her job and role as a public intellectual, her broader media and information diet is necessarily varied and voluminous.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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However, research is mixed, with some studies finding benefits and others showing no effect.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
14 Aug. 2025
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The monthly consumer price index was mixed, showing some impacts from tariffs but some price declines in large categories.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
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Tariffs, trade wars and economic uncertainty complicate operations and planning.—
Simon Dae Oong Kim,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Now, sometimes the people or circumstances around us complicate that endeavor.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
4 June 2025
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In addition to his famous perpetual calendar, Klaus also developed split-second, world time, depth gauge, and other sophisticated mechanisms culminating in the Il Destriero Scafusia in 1993, then the world’s most complicated wristwatch.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nearly three decades later, Daft Punk arguably upped the ante with its sophisticated synthesizer opus for the franchise’s second film, 2010’s Tron: Legacy, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
15 Aug. 2025
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Still, these businesses work to maintain complex supply chains with multiple suppliers, which is both time consuming and highly manual.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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Navigating shifting federal priorities, complex public-private partnerships and global supply chain risks requires proactive engagement across governments, private investors and communities to secure sustainable capital and manage geopolitical uncertainties.—
Khaled Naja,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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These will target critical use cases where electrical, mechanical, and thermal challenges intersect, like heterogeneous integration, power-aware verification, and real-time system-level analysis for mission-critical applications.—
Marco Chiappetta,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Extensive studies of various lunar samples derived from the melting of lunar mantle have shown a heterogeneous distribution of water in the lunar interior with abundances ranging from about 1 μg g−1 to 200 μg g−1 (refs. 9,15,16,17,18,19).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
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Titan suffered a catastrophic implosion due to structural failure of its carbon fiber composite pressure hull and the carbon fiber hull showed signs of fatigue and delamination in testing before the fatal dive.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Build a composite knowledge engine that indexes, vectorizes and fuses both dynamically based on use cases.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Multifaceted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multifaceted. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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