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complicacies

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plural of complicacy

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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But one to keep an eye on — because it’s linked to serious complications such as frailty, falls and fractures — is sarcopenia.

— Sarah Klein, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026
The success of last year’s documentary Predators may also present complications.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

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As for the challenges, all three directors brought up the difficulties of having to communicate in their second language with actors when under the overbearing pressures of being on set.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Your essay concludes with a reflection on the financial difficulties that come with working in print journalism.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

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