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side effect

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Recent Examples of side effect In fact, brain fog outpaces every other side effect, including hot flashes, for women going through menopause. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 16 Sep. 2026 Another common side effect is appetite suppression that is more severe than people want. — Korin Miller, Allure, 16 Sep. 2026 This painful side effect, which can cause tingling and numbness in the hands and feet, can be managed with ice and painkillers or opioids. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026 However, Mulvihill notes that this is rarely a side effect of putting out bird food. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for side effect

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Consider the party’s hesitancy in addressing the financial ramifications of China’s demographic decline.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
The ultimate decision could have broad ramifications for similar lawsuits around the country.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 5 Oct. 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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For each gene, the catalogue would ideally include its technical complexity, which methods can reliably analyze it, and document when a specialized test is required.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
The conversation and the word itself, which gives the seventh and final episode its title, unlocks the Biblical underpinnings and the complexities governing many of the main characters.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 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

Definition of convolution

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The majority of children with severe obesity and its complications were never prescribed a GLP-1.

— Babak J. Orandi, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Her mother wrote in the GoFundMe page that her daughter was recovering in the hospital after undergoing surgeries and suffering with breathing complications.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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