as in complexities
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business
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Recent Examples of intricacies
While Lopez focused on the intricacies of the industry, Shirazi concentrated on building the operational structure required to support growth.
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Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
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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Lua Vollaard,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
The Athletic explains the intricacies of the rule and why Bellingham stayed on the pitch.
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Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Priced around $325, it's recommended served neat to appreciate its intricacies.
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Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Nilles was astonishing on her first-ever live performance of the song, somehow mastering its serpentine intricacies on top of the other 40 or so epics she’s absorbed.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
The best in the genre are morality tales that deftly mine their themes without getting too heavy-handed, exploring the intricacies of human nature.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
And then there’s a lot of intricacies within there.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Detailed in three different perspectives, the familial and romantic intricacies are ripe for discussion (and tons of tears).
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Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
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.
—
Lua Vollaard,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
The Athletic explains the intricacies of the rule and why Bellingham stayed on the pitch.
—
Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Priced around $325, it's recommended served neat to appreciate its intricacies.
—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Nilles was astonishing on her first-ever live performance of the song, somehow mastering its serpentine intricacies on top of the other 40 or so epics she’s absorbed.
—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
The best in the genre are morality tales that deftly mine their themes without getting too heavy-handed, exploring the intricacies of human nature.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
And then there’s a lot of intricacies within there.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Detailed in three different perspectives, the familial and romantic intricacies are ripe for discussion (and tons of tears).
—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intricacies
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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.
Noun
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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.
Noun
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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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