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side effects

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This issue has major ramifications across rare disease drug development, as sponsors need predictability to utilize innovative tools such as platform designation or even basket trials.

— Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026
That being said, the ramifications are a whole lot larger and deserve a moment of reflective consideration.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of ramifications

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Many of our heroic Vietnam War veterans have continued to suffer the aftereffects of exposure to Agent Orange during their service.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Because there are no other nearby heat generators, that energy must be residual aftereffects of an earlier era.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026

Definition of aftereffects

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Running a medical practice today is brutal, and most physicians would rather treat patients than administer billing systems and navigate insurance complexities.

— Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
What follows next are rapid-fire jokes that take aim at everything from who won the Civil War to the complexities of same-sex relationships.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Definition of complexities

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Postmenopausal women experienced more postoperative complications within 30 days after the surgery than premenopausal women, and men and postmenopausal women had higher postoperative bleeding rates.

— Crystal Gwizdala, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Typically, front office exits such as Yzerman’s occur in mid-April; starting a search in mid-July creates obvious potential complications — namely, that training camp begins in seven weeks.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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