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intricacy

[in-tri-kuh-see] / ˈɪn trɪ kə si /
NOUN
complication
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STRONG


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Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Under it all, though, is an alluring intricacy in the instrumental ensemble.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

These parents would cling to laminated PDFs that detailed every intricacy of their child’s case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

I'm a cat owner, and one of the things that I love about “Puppy Bowl” is the increasing intricacy of the Halftime Show featuring kittens.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

Here, people whisper, the Germans have renovated two kilometers of subterranean corridors under the medieval walls; they have built new defenses, new conduits, new escape routes, underground complexes of bewildering intricacy.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr