side effects

variants also side reactions
plural of side effect

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Noun
  • The tendency to shut out those without connections or family ties from one of the industry’s traditional entry points has become increasingly visible, with potential ramifications for its future.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Had Equity won, there would have been significant ramifications for Spotlight, its business and the wider industry.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the potential aftereffects of treatment, all cancer survivors have to deal with other concerns such as the continuing fear of recurrence.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For example, unusual aftereffects called echoes, generated as gravitational waves bounce off a firewall or other structure near the horizon, might appear after an initial signal.
    Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Nostalgia can romanticize the past, editing out the hardships and complexities associated with history.
    Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Over the course of 20 years, five Black women navigate careers, responsibilities and relationships in all their complexities.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Legionnaires’ can lead to severe complications, including lung failure requiring mechanical ventilation, kidney failure, total body infection resulting in septic shock, and death.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
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