side effects

noun

variants also side reactions
plural of side effect
as in ramifications

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  1. ramifications
  2. aftereffects
  3. complexities
  4. complications
Noun
  • With two losses apiece, there will be College Football Playoff ramifications from this game.
    — PJ Green November 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Endlessly reworked, the cost-effective 699 Superleggera became so popular that producer Cassina had to put an ad in Domus, the magazine Ponti had established three decades earlier, warning about the legal ramifications of copyright infringement.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ramifications
Noun
  • Nor has Erica’s return to duty silenced the aftereffects of her time with the Gorn.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The story of a woman who’s still dealing with the aftereffects of that [abuse] isn’t told as much as a woman who’s currently in an abusive relationship and trying to get out.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of aftereffects
Noun
  • The containment process involved additional technical complexities.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
  • About the Artist Francesca Allen’s practice spans photography and film, often centering on intimate depictions of girlhood and the complexities of coming of age.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of complexities
Noun
  • But after five years, that drop didn't translate into saving people from suffering cardiovascular complications.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The number of truly stunning and rare dress watches, high complications, and old-school chronographs, however, has made for the kind of catalog that will bring out the big dogs of elite watch collecting.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of complications
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