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side effect

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variants also side reaction

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as in ramification

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Recent Examples of side effect Her delirium was probably a side effect of her medication, Golding says. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Tony Lo Sasso, a health economist at the University of Wisconsin, worries this side effect could spread. — Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 And yet this metafictional doubling—in which people appear simultaneously as themselves and with a set of fictional flourishes—has the side effect of undermining the discursive conceit of the text. — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 The Price Discovery Question Continuous trading creates a useful side effect. — Malana Vantyler, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for side effect

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There are concerns that the Houthis advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could have significant ramifications for global trade, particularly if the militant group ratchets up threats or attacks on Red Sea shipping.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
The study's ramifications affected millions of women, with the use of hormone replacement therapy dropping from 40% in 1999 to 5% in 2020 as most doctors stopped prescribing it.

— Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ramification

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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 aftereffect

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Because of this, the resulting code tends to exhibit redundancy and convolution and to lack a unified engineering standard.

— Ihor Hamal, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
In their alternating waves of resentment and understanding, anger and sorrow, D’Arcy and Cooke imbue Rhaenyra and Alicent’s dynamic with all the weight of this history and none of its convolutions.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 15 June 2026

Definition of convolution

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Her lawyers cite a worsening heart condition, including mitral valve prolapse, significant weight loss and other complications, arguing jail lacks the conditions for recovery after invasive cardiac procedures.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The fan favorite died of complications about six years later at age 84.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

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