Thesaurus results for COMPLICATIONS

complications

noun

plural of complication

as in difficulties

something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult the food allergies of the guests were just another complication for the couple trying to plan their wedding reception

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an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning complications set in after the surgery

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Recent Examples of complications There were a few complications in going from SQL table to rendered first-person frames, however. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 The study didn’t prove that GLP-1 medications directly caused these nail health complications. — Korin Miller, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026 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 Both Lloyd and Plancher experienced complications of sickle cell trait. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Coach Mellow has struggled with health complications, but this student says his impact has never been greater. — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The upcoming season will be the league’s first since 2021, when COVID complications forced it to shut down. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 Casadaban says no major adverse effects or complications have been reported in the literature. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Or a national wealth tax could attempt to avoid such obvious legal difficulties.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
On Sunday morning, Associated Press journalists reported seeing multiple polling places where voting couldn’t begin on time because of difficulties with the new digital technology.

— Eldar Emric, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of difficulties

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There is now greater understanding of the complexities in such relationships, said Katie Ray-Jones, CEO of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, which provides support and tools for survivors 24/7.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Those cases point to complexities in the Muse settings that confound experts, let alone laypersons.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of complexities

Noun

Alongkot later expanded the hospice to offer treatment to people suffering from other serious ailments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Another handful of Panthers injuries to monitor The Panthers also have a few ailments to keep track of during the Week 5 bye.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of ailments

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Doctors of podiatric medicine (DPMs) treat all foot conditions ranging from toenails, bunions, fractures, and plantar fasciitis to serious diabetic foot complications that can lead to limb amputation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
More vessels were hit in waters near Iran and Oman, even as Tehran restated its conditions for reopening the key waterway.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of conditions

Noun

And while children, the elderly and those with certain sicknesses or medications are most susceptible to heat illness – these temperatures affect everyone.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
At the end of the day, both doctors agree that hotel stays shouldn’t deter people from traveling altogether, since there are always ways to proactively minimize exposure and subsequent sicknesses.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026

Definition of sicknesses

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Now, in The Social Reckoning, Sorkin focuses on the ills of the company Facebook eventually became.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
The game’s maker, Paolo Pedercini, has long diagnosed the ills of modern capitalism through countercultural video games like Phone Story (2011), which depicted the exploitative supply chain of a smartphone.

— Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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