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Recent Examples of side effect
Both supplements can cause gastrointestinal side effects, which can be minimized by taking them with food and choosing chelated versions.
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Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
The most common side effects of psilocybin were anxiety, nausea, headache and elevated blood pressure, but none were serious enough to require medical care, according to the researchers.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
That said, high doses of curcumin can have side effects like diarrhea, nausea, and headaches.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 5 May 2025
But scarcity is a side effect of the psyche damage of marginalization.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
The most common side effects of psilocybin were anxiety, nausea, headache and elevated blood pressure, but none were serious enough to require medical care, according to the researchers.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
That said, high doses of curcumin can have side effects like diarrhea, nausea, and headaches.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 5 May 2025
But scarcity is a side effect of the psyche damage of marginalization.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
Noun
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Rail Baltica now has military ramifications rather than just economic ones.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Presumably that was primarily a political debate over the substantive issue and not the procedural ramifications.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Among the aftereffects of the devastating Los Angeles fires in January was widespread disruption across the entertainment industry.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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But that didn’t erase the lingering aftereffects of the extended vitriol that Tran faced after Star Wars.—
James Factora,
Them.,
16 Apr. 2025
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Overview The complexities of the U.K.’s indirect tax landscape can be challenging for overseas businesses to navigate when starting to sell here for the first time, especially for those selling to consumers.—
Robert Marchant,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Doctors across the country are navigating a fast-changing healthcare landscape where administrative complexity and evolving reimbursement structures are creating new challenges for even the most experienced providers.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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These convolutions come across as brand management to the point of wish fulfillment; did a Fleischer Studios executive give the note that under no circumstances must the musical imply that Betty Boop is anything else than universally adored?—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Yet in some of her works, including her 1980 novel, Woman Running in the Mountains, this break with convention comes to feel liberatory, like the promise of something wild and deep that allows the body to survive the convolutions of history.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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In July 1998, the FDA approved thalidomide for the treatment of a painful complication of leprosy.—
David Armstrong,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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Lowe claimed of his conversations with Paxton's spirit Paxton, an actor known for movies like Aliens and Twister, died suddenly at 61 in 2017 due to complications from surgery Rob Lowe has dabbled in meetings with mediums and psychics, and said he's found his late friend Bill Paxton in the process.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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