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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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There were a few complications in going from SQL table to rendered first-person frames, however.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
The study didn’t prove that GLP-1 medications directly caused these nail health complications.

— Korin Miller, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of complications

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Or a national wealth tax could attempt to avoid such obvious legal difficulties.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
On Sunday morning, Associated Press journalists reported seeing multiple polling places where voting couldn’t begin on time because of difficulties with the new digital technology.

— Eldar Emric, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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The conversation and the word itself, which gives the seventh and final episode its title, unlocks the Biblical underpinnings and the complexities governing many of the main characters.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
The challenge of breaking down complex policy problems into simple, indicative binary choices hints at the complexities inherent to Hanson’s model.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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