complication
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"The complication, however, is that the tent may now be so big that there isn't a lot of ideological coherence in it."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
One patient required treatment for hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious kidney complication.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Sanctions add another layer of complication, lawyers said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Of course, there’s another complication: The Federal Open Market Committee, which is the central bank’s rate-setting committee, elects its own chair and vice chair each year.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Throughout the history of music, periods of complication and innovation are followed by periods of simplicity and consolidation, which are then in time followed by more complication again.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing complication
Reading: Literature - Fiction - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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