Thesaurus results for COMPLICATIONS

complications

noun

plural of complication

as in difficulties

something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult the food allergies of the guests were just another complication for the couple trying to plan their wedding reception

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an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning complications set in after the surgery

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Recent Examples of complications 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 After 9-year-old foster child Jakob Blodgett died from diabetes complications at an Arizona group home, the state issued a violation but imposed no fines or license penalties. — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 In addition to the Pennsylvania deaths, three others died of complications related to measles in 2025. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 Patients who had both ALTNV and DBV were more likely to have respiratory issues and kidney complications. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 On average, 1 to 3 in 1,000 children with measles may succumb to the infection and its complications. — Demetre Daskalakis, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026 There were also legal complications over the film rights until Schwarzenegger convinced Carolco Pictures, the studio behind Total Recall (1990), to buy everyone out and hire Cameron to make Judgment Day. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Children under the age of 5 who get measles are more likely to develop serious complications, including pneumonia and brain swelling, compared with older kids. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

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

Definition of difficulties

Noun

The New York Times recently wrote about a study that revealed that one in four NFL players develop brain diseases like CTE.

— Mirin Fader, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Hormonal changes from perimenopause and menopause touch numerous parts of a woman’s health and raise the risk of certain diseases like osteoporosis, diabetes and heart disease.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2026

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In a review, the researchers compared six fuel cycle pathways, with wide complexities, but mapped them easily using the Tube map design, a first for the field.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
The other hot topic of the day was the complexities across Europe that influence how some companies choose to scale.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of complexities

Noun

There will be a seventh bell-tolling this year, for the thousands who have since died by suicide, or from cancer and other illnesses caused by the ravages of terrorism.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
The initiative aims to bring positivity and hope to children battling critical illnesses.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of illnesses

Noun

Starting next year, Illinois will have new safeguards in place to prevent parents from being wrongly accused of child abuse or neglect when their children visit a doctor or hospital emergency room for unexplained injuries or ailments.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
The existing international surveillance and response systems for these ailments are limited in scope.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of ailments

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As the index fluctuates with market conditions, your mortgage rate can change as well.

— Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
In his exquisitely layered seventh feature, Possible Love (Ga-neung-han sa-rang), Lee Chang-dong’s humanistic observational skills remain at their peak, the acuity of his insights into emotional lives and social conditions unparalleled.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of conditions

Noun

And while children, the elderly and those with certain sicknesses or medications are most susceptible to heat illness – these temperatures affect everyone.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
At the end of the day, both doctors agree that hotel stays shouldn’t deter people from traveling altogether, since there are always ways to proactively minimize exposure and subsequent sicknesses.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026

Definition of sicknesses

Noun

North Carolina Bobby Petrino has fixed all the offensive ills.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But unlike Transcription or George Saunders’s Vigil, the year’s other novel about a rich old man on his way to the underworld, this book doesn’t try to diagnose our collective ills.

— Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

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