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as in complicate
having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated
a complicated apparatus
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as in detailed
made or done with great care or with much detail
complicated plans for redeveloping the riverfront that involve both the private and public sectors
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as in sophisticated
to make complex or difficult
the need to go to both a PTA conference and condo board meeting really complicates tonight's schedule
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as in aggravated
to make more severe
asthma that has recently been complicated by a bout of bronchitis
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Recent Examples of complicated
David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Things are just too complicated now.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Daniel Bartel/Getty Images This decline in bullpen performance has only complicated an already difficult situation.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Dig under the hood, however, and things get complicated.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Things are just too complicated now.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
That work is ongoing, but is complicated by the variety of plastics entering our water, including their differing colors, shapes, and chemical additives.
—Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Daniel Bartel/Getty Images This decline in bullpen performance has only complicated an already difficult situation.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complicated
Adjective
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The shift would send states scrambling and complicate parents’ efforts to get young children vaccinated ahead of the coming respiratory virus season.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Aug. 2025
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The district has tried to be conservative on replacing items as efforts to form a fire territory complicate issues of investment and ownership.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Users can search for specific properties of geologic units or click on the map for additional geologic information and links to more detailed maps of local areas.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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While history is ever present throughout, the Freedom Tower’s installations are created to appeal to 21st century visitors, many through interactive exhibitions, digital content and detailed re-creations.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The technology was sophisticated, but the experience was simply human.—
Medhat Zaki,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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With notes of caramel, maple sugar, and whipped coconut, Ellis Brooklyn’s latest launch proves that sweet can still be sophisticated.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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His criminal history includes convictions for felony grand larceny, felony aggravated DUI with a child passenger less than 16 years old, identify theft, and retail theft.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Jackson missed a month because of a toe injury in preseason, then re-aggravated it in the opening loss against the Colts.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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His love of American design codes, such as the white T-shirt and sport jerseys, is evident in his manipulation of the garment to become a skirt or in creating an intricate patchwork tank-style dress.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In living tissue, light scattering is common, signal contrast is often low, and reconstructing intricate features across a large volume presents a significant computational challenge.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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This scalable method opens the door for more complex structures that were once out of reach.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Dyslexia like any other complex entity has a continuum from mild to severe manifestations.—
Laura Cassidy,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His affection for sunflowers deepened after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.—
Christine Fernando,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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The dynamic only deepened as gun ownership expanded.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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Everything about Baldwin’s style is too much; often one feels, in his diction, his elaborate, Jamesian syntactical structures, his sudden shifts of tone, that if the English language has a volume dial that goes up to ten, Baldwin is hot-wiring a go-around to push it to eleven or twelve.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Baker became a longtime collaborator, with Balmain designing elaborate, symbolic and glamorous ensembles for her film and stage performances.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Complicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicated. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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