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side effect

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Recent Examples of side effect Eventually, Ley hopes, the results could help fight this side effect of vaccines and, by extension, encourage higher vaccination rates. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026 With more widespread use, however, a rare, life-threatening side effect known as agranulocytosis (a severe reduction in white blood cells) emerged, prompting clozapine’s withdrawal from the market. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 The flick follows an elder antique trader who dredges up a 500-year-old artifact that invigorates him with youth but has the unfortunate side effect of turning him into a vampire. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Treatment for Tardive Dyskinesia Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder that can develop as a side effect of antipsychotics. — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for side effect

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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 ramification

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Diesel fuel has been setting nominal record highs – an aftereffect of rising global oil prices as well as a supply bottleneck from refineries damaged by the wars in Ukraine and Iran.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Nor has Erica’s return to duty silenced the aftereffects of her time with the Gorn.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of aftereffect

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Most of the redesign projects Menabóh takes on cost between €300 and €1,000, depending on the complexity of the craftmanship, but some sit beyond this range.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
And ultimately, Glover believes the greatest wonder isn't the moon, the stars, or even the incredible complexity of nature.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of complexity

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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

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