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Adjective
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With natural, biodegradable, and inexpensive components, such batteries could one day provide an eco-friendly alternative for powering homes or small devices without relying on toxic metals or complex supply chains.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025 -
The full and final details of what would be a very complex operation for tax and legal reasons are still being worked out, sources said.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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To be fair, both versions of the story are a little overcomplicated.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Technology should support businesses in their current state, not force them to conform to rigid systems or overcomplicated processes.—
John Case,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One of Puth’s greatest talents is constructing songs that sound simple but are powered by dynamic chord switches and deceptively complicated harmonies.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Jets' situation is a little more complicated than that Detroit team.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The reason is much more convoluted, tracing through location, glorified flag football, player payments and Chip Kelly’s dreams.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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The more ominous uncertainty is how OpenAI will pay off its increasingly convoluted bets.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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These are common but complicate long-term planning for federal agencies.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 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 group remains committed to intricate harmonies, which are a source of the album’s unique pleasures.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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They are designed with intricate details and a grand gold rim that would pair perfectly with these Gold Acorn Appetizer Plates.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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New York — The rat’s nest of AI partnerships just got a bit more tangled.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Trier paints a vivid, tender portrait of a fractured family through time, examining its tangled roots via a beautiful family home passed down through generations, where a matriarch once hung herself and where, in the present day, Gustav wants to shoot his new film.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The material was sensitive, labyrinthine, and mountainous in scope.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Krasznahorkai eventually found a global cult audience, who recognized his distinct ability to cloak anomie, violence, and resignation, smudged with a kind of gutter comedy, within a labyrinthine syntax.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Overcomplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcomplex. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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