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complexity

[kuhm-plek-si-tee] / kəmˈplɛk sɪ ti /


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If decision making emerges from continuous interactions among the brain, body, and environment, studying it will require experimental methods capable of capturing that complexity.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

The scene thrums with the complexity of domestic life, the simultaneity of partnering and parenting, as well as of looking, being looked at, being overlooked, and being visually represented.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

The complexity of what they’re playing is unbelievable, and they do that on the fly, and the statement within it is still far, far heavier.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Michaela Rafferty, who works with the Anaka Women's Collective helping migrant women, said people arrive in Northern Ireland without an understanding of the complexity of division – or how housing is segregated along sectarian lines.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But this illustration gives little hint of the true complexity of the chemical world of the hydrocarbons, or of the manipulations by which the organic chemist creates his infinitely varied materials.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Vowles has explained the complexities of producing a new car to a new rule set stress-tested the factory and exposed weaknesses that were previously not apparent.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co. analyst Brian White wrote in a recent note that Datadog has positioned itself well to benefit from the growing IT complexities that come with generative AI.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

What they share is an appreciation of the complexities and contradictions in being an American.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

The group had previously said it sought to transform the business by making changes such as slashing overhead costs, reducing complexities and bolstering technology development.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

It makes as much sense as believing that a technical knowledge of molecular biology will render a person unappreciative of the mysteries and complexities of life.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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