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Recent Examples of side effect
Fong had been providing him twice-weekly testosterone injections, as well as injections of anastrozole, a chemotherapy drug intended to prevent breast growth, which can be a side effect of testosterone.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Charmking Compression Socks Swollen legs and feet are an all-too-common side effect of flying, which is why flight attendants use compression socks to keep blood flowing and discomfort at bay.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Chemical Burns Another side effect, also due to the acidity of apple cider vinegar, is chemical burning.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
The arch support worked overtime for her almost non-existing arches and prevented her shins and feet from feeling pain, an uncomfortable side effect of footwear that’s too flat.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Charmking Compression Socks Swollen legs and feet are an all-too-common side effect of flying, which is why flight attendants use compression socks to keep blood flowing and discomfort at bay.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Chemical Burns Another side effect, also due to the acidity of apple cider vinegar, is chemical burning.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
The arch support worked overtime for her almost non-existing arches and prevented her shins and feet from feeling pain, an uncomfortable side effect of footwear that’s too flat.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
Noun
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Metro could also face some tricky legal ramifications from relying on its savings.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kyiv says many Ukrainian prisoners of war have been killed by Russia’s forces, but there have so far been no legal ramifications.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The journalist Beth Macy, who in her previous books chronicled the widening fissures in American society by examining the opioid crisis and the aftereffects of globalization, grew up there.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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What To Know According to footage filmed by witness Ryan Garza, several officers can be seen rubbing their eyes, squinting, and struggling with the aftereffects of the gas on October 4.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead of adding complexity, Longbow removes it.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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In contrast with that complexity, the reasons that the Sabres appear to finally, belatedly be pulling out of their dark decade and a half are simple.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The twists, worries and delays in her story highlight the convolution of the U.S. immigration system and the challenges anyone who crossed the border without authorization faces in trying to become a legal resident.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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Tantrums in Air exhibits the convolutions of translating life into art for a generation of poets who teach art to pay rent, who write poems about dreaming about writing poems, and who express themselves by giving James Schuyler’s poetry to guys who up and write Schuyleresque poems for other women.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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The perpétuelle montre à tact showcases many of the key refinements and complications that Breguet perfected, including automatic winding, a calendar display, and an ingenious tact mechanism for telling the time silently or in darkness.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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As millions of Americans decide whether to get a covid shot this season, public health researchers worry vaccination rates will slide further, especially because Hispanic and Black Americans and those under 30 have lower rates, exposing them to serious complications such as long covid.—
Phillip Reese,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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