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
This software layer must manage data and model lifecycles while providing a cloud-native platform and resilient hypervisor to abstract away hardware complexities.
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Sam Rastogi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Chinese humanoid makers pay companies like X-Humanoid up to $150 an hour for physical interaction data, depending on the complexities of these chores, said Jiang Weilai, head of the facility X-Humanoid.
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John Liu,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Unraveling these complexities could take time, delaying a US response.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Both experts agree a headline or a story – including one like this that attempts to go deeper than a police press release – will never explain the complexities of these types of cases.
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Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Points, too, for the solid casting, from the leads’ tricky pivoting from openness to caginess, to the criminally underseen Wasikowska, who navigates maternal complexities of worry and compassion that confound easy pigeonholing.
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Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Determined to raise Maddy as a single father, Matt is thrown headfirst into the complexities of parenthood in all its forms, but as Maddy grows up and begins to realize her mother's absence, things become more emotionally complex.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
Sam Rastogi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Chinese humanoid makers pay companies like X-Humanoid up to $150 an hour for physical interaction data, depending on the complexities of these chores, said Jiang Weilai, head of the facility X-Humanoid.
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John Liu,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Unraveling these complexities could take time, delaying a US response.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Both experts agree a headline or a story – including one like this that attempts to go deeper than a police press release – will never explain the complexities of these types of cases.
—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Points, too, for the solid casting, from the leads’ tricky pivoting from openness to caginess, to the criminally underseen Wasikowska, who navigates maternal complexities of worry and compassion that confound easy pigeonholing.
—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Determined to raise Maddy as a single father, Matt is thrown headfirst into the complexities of parenthood in all its forms, but as Maddy grows up and begins to realize her mother's absence, things become more emotionally complex.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for complexities
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Sandra Cherfrere, an attorney and child of Haitian immigrants, highlighted the practical complications for families with children born abroad.
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GLP-1s have been shown to lower the risk of complications and improve symptoms in people with this form of heart failure.
Noun
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The screening generated immediate excitement, but the film soon encountered difficulties securing distribution.
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There have been numerous books written about the difficulties making of that classic.
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While Lopez focused on the intricacies of the industry, Shirazi concentrated on building the operational structure required to support growth.
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And while chip diagrams quickly age out of their microscopic, high-technology medium, Schultz’s microchip rugs take the components on which our world operates and draw out their intricacies and beauty.
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“Complexities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complexities. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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