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as in complexity
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business
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as in complexness
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects
the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration
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Recent Examples of intricacy
Some chefs dedicate themselves to tasting menus of one-bite intricacies, with every microgreen tweezered into place and every sauce drizzled just so; others master the art of deep-frying turkeys.
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Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
He is expected to play a large role in educating American viewers about the intricacies of a sport many only tune into during the Winter Olympics.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2026
This conundrum obsessed Tomasino, a cheerful scholar of flavor chemistry whose research, though focussed on wine, has also considered the intricacies of coffee roasting and the impact of terroir on cheese.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Davis’ paintings, sculpture, and works on paper capture the history and intricacies of American Black life from antebellum America through his untimely death.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
He is expected to play a large role in educating American viewers about the intricacies of a sport many only tune into during the Winter Olympics.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2026
This conundrum obsessed Tomasino, a cheerful scholar of flavor chemistry whose research, though focussed on wine, has also considered the intricacies of coffee roasting and the impact of terroir on cheese.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Davis’ paintings, sculpture, and works on paper capture the history and intricacies of American Black life from antebellum America through his untimely death.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intricacy
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The marks, found on 260 artifacts from Germany, are very different from modern writing systems, but show the same level of complexity and density of information as proto-cuneiform script, which arose in Mesopotamia, or modern-day Iraq, about 5,300 years ago.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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Savannah State of Mind follows the lives of seven first-year students navigating the joys, challenges and complexities of college life at a historically Black college.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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Kids being dropped off at two different ski school spots brings you close to the highest level difficulty.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Avtar apparently had difficulty understanding the man and, by phone, called another man who lives at the temple to help translate, Deep said.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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However, adults 65 years and older and children younger than two are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu.—
Koko Nakajima,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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But in late January, a cadre of federal workers yanked placards from the site’s brick walls in response to a March 2025 executive order from the White House that shunned complication.—
Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Intricacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intricacy. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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