as in complexities
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
the inevitable convolutions involved in setting up an international teleconference
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Recent Examples of convolutions
In their alternating waves of resentment and understanding, anger and sorrow, D’Arcy and Cooke imbue Rhaenyra and Alicent’s dynamic with all the weight of this history and none of its convolutions.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Laser light and microscopic lenses then carry out convolutions faster and with lower energy needs.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
The team turned their model loose on the series of treelike modifications and convolutions in the Indo-European family of languages.
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Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
Alison Herman,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Laser light and microscopic lenses then carry out convolutions faster and with lower energy needs.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
The team turned their model loose on the series of treelike modifications and convolutions in the Indo-European family of languages.
—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convolutions
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This software layer must manage data and model lifecycles while providing a cloud-native platform and resilient hypervisor to abstract away hardware complexities.
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Chinese humanoid makers pay companies like X-Humanoid up to $150 an hour for physical interaction data, depending on the complexities of these chores, said Jiang Weilai, head of the facility X-Humanoid.
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Sandra Cherfrere, an attorney and child of Haitian immigrants, highlighted the practical complications for families with children born abroad.
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GLP-1s have been shown to lower the risk of complications and improve symptoms in people with this form of heart failure.
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The screening generated immediate excitement, but the film soon encountered difficulties securing distribution.
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There have been numerous books written about the difficulties making of that classic.
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While Lopez focused on the intricacies of the industry, Shirazi concentrated on building the operational structure required to support growth.
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And while chip diagrams quickly age out of their microscopic, high-technology medium, Schultz’s microchip rugs take the components on which our world operates and draw out their intricacies and beauty.
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“Convolutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convolutions. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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