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
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.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
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
Noun
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New CEOs and leaders face complexities in business that their predecessors never did, and rapid rates of change.—
David Morel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Momcozy’s products are designed specifically to help mothers navigate the complexities of pregnancy and the early years of childhood.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Patients with a history of pancreatitis, for example, should be counseled about potential complications, medical studies show.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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While the complications of the relationship between Merril and Raquel are not always terribly clear in the script, both Marquis and Adame find strong chemistry as the story pulses forward.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The Aerospace Corporation has been advancing a concept for a restartable solid rocket motor (RSRM), a propulsion configuration that has long posed engineering difficulties because conventional solid motors burn continuously once ignited and cannot be throttled or shut down mid-flight.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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There are difficulties to it, but there are also great rewards to it.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
1 June 2026
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Some were less familiar with the intricacies of the Social Security Administration’s policies and procedures than their senior colleagues who had left.—
Katie Savin,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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The throughline in Grande’s career has been an artist who tends to set trends rather than chase them while also commenting on the intricacies of her personal and professional life through that music.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Convolutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convolutions. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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