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 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 The majority of children with severe obesity and its complications were never prescribed a GLP-1. — Babak J. Orandi, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026 Her mother wrote in the GoFundMe page that her daughter was recovering in the hospital after undergoing surgeries and suffering with breathing complications. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Both Lloyd and Plancher experienced complications of sickle cell trait. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Coach Mellow has struggled with health complications, but this student says his impact has never been greater. — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The upcoming season will be the league’s first since 2021, when COVID complications forced it to shut down. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 Casadaban says no major adverse effects or complications have been reported in the literature. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

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

Definition of difficulties

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In my own experiment, Claude was able to recognize that my genome file did not contain enough information to make reliable conclusions regarding genetic risk scores for common diseases.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Prop 38 aims to fund immunotherapy research to prevent and cure diseases through bonds.

— Los Angeles Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of diseases

Noun

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

Definition of complexities

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Miller, though, who is dealing with hip and back ailments, was downgraded to not participating Thursday after he was limited at Wednesday drills.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
In determining whether to reimburse treatment for such ailments, insurers turn to Food and Drug Administration labels and expert guidelines.

— Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of ailments

Noun

Doctors of podiatric medicine (DPMs) treat all foot conditions ranging from toenails, bunions, fractures, and plantar fasciitis to serious diabetic foot complications that can lead to limb amputation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
More vessels were hit in waters near Iran and Oman, even as Tehran restated its conditions for reopening the key waterway.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 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

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His final essay collection asks many provocative questions about industrialism and apathy, but (perhaps wisely) offers no solutions to the world’s ills.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
In this framework, the cure for the party’s ills can only come from inside the party, not from any external force.

— ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

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