complication

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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

Currently, no medications exist to prevent or treat this complication, which affects up to 15% of patients after surgery.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 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