side effect

noun

variants also side reaction
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Recent Examples of side effect 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 One side effect of this is a new distance from OpenAI, in addition to its existing chilly relationship with Anthropic, and from the growing number of AI employees in Silicon Valley who also support the calls for a slowdown. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 That close connection between computing and memory, which Nvidia and others have only recently shifted toward, had the side effect of making Macs good at AI. — Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 The rocky planet's exceptional brightness is a side effect of its dense atmosphere, which veils the planet's surface beneath dense sulphuric acid clouds that reflect 70% of incoming sunlight back out into space, according to MIT. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for side effect
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  1. ramification
  2. aftereffect
  3. complexity
  4. convolution
  5. complication
Noun
  • Why are there different consequences, ramifications, ripple effects?
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But selecting a retirement age comes with a host of financial ramifications.
    — John Csiszar, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of ramification
Noun
  • 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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  • The complexity of the facade work will require detailed planning and coordination, and compliance with historic preservation requirements, the hotel says.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Due to the complexity of the production, the crows were digitally designed, while Prue and Mac were practical handmade puppets.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 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
Noun
  • But because of complications in the delivery room, both women gave birth via caesarean section.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The program provides grants to states, academic institutions and non-profit organizations to gather data on the disease, complications and treatment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of complication

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