complicate
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The suit will significantly complicate OpenAI's plans for a hotly anticipated initial public offering.
From Barron's • Jul. 10, 2026
His continued hospitalization could also complicate efforts to move defense funding and other legislation through the Senate Appropriations Committee, where his absence can leave Republicans and Democrats evenly split.
From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026
Contemporary nations like Iran, Armenia, and Egypt can lay claim to being built on very old civilizations, but you could point out discontinuities and lapses in sovereignty in their histories that complicate the argument.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2026
“It’s going to chill people who want to make requests, and it’s going to complicate the process, and it’s just wrong,” McMorris said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Sometimes correlated quantities are causally related, but other “confounding” factors complicate and obscure the causal relations.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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