- past tense form of complicate.
- past participle of complicate.
complicated
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Chief China Correspondent Lingling Wei: I’ve covered China and Xi Jinping for 15 years, and in that time I’ve watched his relationship with Vladimir Putin evolve from an equal partnership into something far more complicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Ruemmler’s continued presence has complicated the search for her successor as general counsel, with some external candidates wary of taking the role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
As prime minister, the calculation is more complicated.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
While she is just starting to feel settled today, nearly a year later, she never would have expected the complicated and challenging emotions that would surface after the move — and how long they’d last.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Did she keep a notebook full of complicated diagrams?
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing complicated
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Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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