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Recent Examples of side effect
Occasional leakage, especially in children, whose inhibitory systems are still maturing, is less a feature than a side effect of running such a complicated piece of hardware every night without maintenance windows.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Deliciousness is a common side effect.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
The vomiting looks like a side effect, not the goal.
—Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
The most common side effect is a prominent skin rash, which affected more than 86% of patients in the study.
—Christopher Lieu, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Deliciousness is a common side effect.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
The vomiting looks like a side effect, not the goal.
—Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
The most common side effect is a prominent skin rash, which affected more than 86% of patients in the study.
—Christopher Lieu, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
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The future legal ramifications could be much broader than this case, Gerrard added, effectively taking away an important route for people to fight against pollution in their neighborhoods.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Dealing with its ramifications, in one way or another, can involve navigating the tumultuous legal waters that follow.—
Will Jones,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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But its costs and aftereffects will likely linger for years.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
17 June 2026
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In other words, the aftereffects of COVID-19 are still present, according to Tara Leytham Powell, an associate professor of social work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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Pricing sits at the upper end of the Turkish market, reflecting the case complexity ASMED tends to accept.—
Ascend Agency,
Daily News,
17 June 2026
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But mathematical interest in card shuffling goes beyond its combinatorial complexity.—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
17 June 2026
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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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Previous studies have shown that hardware tailored for specific mathematical operations, such as Fourier and convolution transforms, can significantly outperform general-purpose processors.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Cordero, best known for his work on Broadway, died at age 41 from severe COVID-19 complications in July 2020.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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According to Schwallier, Daveigh Chase died from complications of bacterial meningitis and a blood infection.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
18 June 2026
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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