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 essential guide helps founders navigate the complexities of accelerating business growth while preserving company culture and values.
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Points, too, for the solid casting, from the leads’ tricky pivoting from openness to caginess, to the criminally underseen Wasikowska, who navigates maternal complexities of worry and compassion that confound easy pigeonholing.
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Lucky decides to take Mason to his first baseball game in Atlanta, only to encounter a series of complications and setbacks for which fatherhood, grief, and economic barriers are a distinct part of the Black American experience.
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If labor comes early or complications arise, that distance becomes dangerous.
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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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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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United sources claimed at the time that the plug was pulled after the club’s board received a unified recommendation from executive management, while also claiming there were some reservations about the commercial intricacies of the deal.
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“Convolutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convolutions. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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