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Adjective
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Today, the room hosts complex Lego sets in various states of completion, along with shelves of semi-functional robots and baskets of knitting filled with sweater fragments.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026 -
United Nations Resolution 1701, which brought an end to the war, exposed the complex power reality inside Lebanon.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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Lee echoes the same sentiment and notes that certain specialty products, like overcomplicated or time-consuming jewelry cleaners, aren't worth hanging onto.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
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While the name’s definitely a bit overcomplicated—and a bit of a mouthful—using them couldn’t be easier.—
Adam Cheung,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026
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Managing reputational risk is a complicated (and constant) obligation.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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Pegula hit five aces and never let the match settle into anything complicated.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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No one should lose their source of income without warning; the silver lining, though, is that the Bruce platform is how the city begins to better identify these chefs removed from a tarnished, convoluted name.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Navigating my mother’s convoluted health journey gave me the growing realization that waiting to address my own brain health could also cost me time and limit my options.—
Shon Lowe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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These are common but complicate long-term planning for federal agencies.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Despite differing views on a variety of security issues, the group, like Gilpatric’s, reached a clear consensus: nuclear proliferation by any additional country would diminish U.S. power, complicate strategic planning, and increase the likelihood of nuclear use, accidents, and disasters.—
MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUÉLLAR,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
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The exhibition opens with an intricate model of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher that Palestinian craftspeople in Bethlehem made of local materials including olive and pistachio wood, mother-of-pearl and camel bone.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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What emerged was a series of intricate, heady features whose ideas often came through more clearly than their sentiments.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Cast your mind back to summer 2019, a pre-Covid era when we were all hooked on Euphoria season one and the high school exploits of protagonist Rue, played by a scruffy Zendaya, all basketball shorts and tangled hair.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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The West Side’s 16th District, which swings from Cicero, Lyons and Riverside up through Melrose Park, features a three-way race steeped in tangled histories.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Inside, the labyrinthine club features three separate rooms with independent sound systems for live acts and DJs playing techno, drum and bass, dubstep, and house.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, others can be frustrating as players navigate the subspace and figure out how these labyrinthine and abstract areas connect to the real interdimensional worlds.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Overcomplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcomplex. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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