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convolutions

noun

plural of convolution

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. — 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

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Researchers at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in France discovered unexpected structural complexities, which could inform the design of safer, more efficient solid-state batteries.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Jay embodies the various complexities and contradictions of hip-hop, the outlaw tendencies meeting the capitalistic ambitions.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Definition of complexities

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Castellanos said Trujillo, who came from Cuba in 2005, has high blood pressure and lung complications from COVID-19.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
For this to happen, obesity must have been assumed to be a disease that had risk of significant complications that merited surgical intervention.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026

Definition of complications

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Whereas investment bankers tend to secure financing and bring on limited partners, lawyers navigate the intricacies of a league, organization or company’s rules and restrictions, draft agreements and typically lead deals to the finish line.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026
In the years since, the former redevelopment agency worked to come up with a project scope, but ran into various obstacles given the intricacies of the corridor and the various stakeholders, Bibler said.

— Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

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