as in complications
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
the difference in time zones was yet another complicacy that had to be dealt with
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Noun
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Patients with a history of pancreatitis, for example, should be counseled about potential complications, medical studies show.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026 -
While the complications of the relationship between Merril and Raquel are not always terribly clear in the script, both Marquis and Adame find strong chemistry as the story pulses forward.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The Aerospace Corporation has been advancing a concept for a restartable solid rocket motor (RSRM), a propulsion configuration that has long posed engineering difficulties because conventional solid motors burn continuously once ignited and cannot be throttled or shut down mid-flight.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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There are difficulties to it, but there are also great rewards to it.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
1 June 2026
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New CEOs and leaders face complexities in business that their predecessors never did, and rapid rates of change.—
David Morel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Momcozy’s products are designed specifically to help mothers navigate the complexities of pregnancy and the early years of childhood.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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“Complicacies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicacies. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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