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
  • The commission’s guidelines have significant ramifications for technologies that could strengthen global food security, but the body is slow, underfunded, and controversial.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The ramifications extend beyond the movement of consumer goods.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 4 Sep. 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
  • If physical gestures serve our relatives just fine, why did our own branch of the family tree gradually favor biological changes in our brains and anatomy that permitted our characteristic complexities in language and precision in speech?
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Commercial property management is its own profession with its own language, priorities, financial drivers and legal complexities.
    — David Crown, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of complexities
Noun
  • But one to keep an eye on — because it’s linked to serious complications such as frailty, falls and fractures — is sarcopenia.
    — Sarah Klein, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The success of last year’s documentary Predators may also present complications.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of complications
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