complexities

plural of complexity
as in complications
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 complexities Obviously, the game of football would forever be changed and there’s much more complexities there, especially at the professional level. Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Carl Recine/Getty Images The complexities of the case, including the weight of evidence and charges, have made progress towards a resolution slow. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 This could be due to operational complexities, regulatory shifts, skill gaps or the influence of legacy banking models. Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Single-stock futures permit investors to bet on some of their favorite names nearly all day, but a slate of tax complexities await these active traders. Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Regardless of whether the students have encountered the text before, the film gives them a good place to start understanding the tale’s complexities. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026 In addition to being arbitrary, reductionist, and biased, classifying individuals as obese or overweight based on a single number ignores many complexities about body fat. Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 Youthful ambition bequeathed them unpredictably shifting time signatures, a daunting nylon-string intro, some odd musical shifts during the guitar-solo section, and a long list of other complexities. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Compared to the more flawed Sherlock Holmes or James Bond — two other literary heroes whose various screen iterations have often, albeit not always, sanded down their complexities — Reacher is barely a character at all. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Trachtenberg died in 2025 at 39 from complications of diabetes mellitus.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In August 2023, 57-year-old photographer Bryan Randall passed away from complications related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
    Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • While the state has many unfilled jobs in various categories, there are difficulties in hiring in some professions, leading to high amounts of overtime in the Connecticut state budget, officials said.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • People talking about the appeal of democratic socialism talk about the language of affordability and the difficulties of working-class people.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Johnson also wants his QB1 to make the next jump with some of the intricacies involved with coverage recognition.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The intricacies of the interpersonal dynamics and conversational turns in the scene ground the dispute in emotion, and two characters who were once at odds find common ground.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Complexities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complexities. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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