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as in intensifies
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 deepens
to make more severe
asthma that has recently been complicated by a bout of bronchitis
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Recent Examples of complicates
Other data, however, complicates the picture.
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Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Sentimental Value, an emotionally layered film up for eight Golden Globes this weekend, complicates that perspective.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
That complicates the Economics 101 understanding of interest rates.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The disease complicates his deadly profession and his life as a low-key family man.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Additionally, the character is subject to multiple trademarks, which further complicates its use.
—Leo Rocha, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
One thing the fashion business is known for is variety, but this plethora of products complicates manufacturers’ packing processes.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
Mental illness also often complicates addiction issues and requires separate treatment.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
That multiyear effort is just one example of how the vast web of companies that generate power, transmit it from power plants to communities, and distribute it to homes and businesses complicates attempts to make changes to the power grid.
—Barbara Kates-Garnick, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for complicates
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The Arctic competition intensifies as Russia boosts military presence and China declares itself a ‘near-Arctic state,’ making Greenland crucial for North American defense.—
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Two days later, Mars conjunct Pluto in your fourth house intensifies emotional undercurrents tied to family, home, or old survival patterns.—
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Continue reading … FOOD FIGHT – McRib mystery deepens as McDonald's is sued over what's really inside.—
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However, shares could surge as Uber deepens its foray into AV technology, offering an opportunity to improve its margins.—
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Maia and her boyfriend Dylan (Josh Hustcherson) are on the outs after Maia completely embarrasses herself at Dylan’s game night with his co-workers.—
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There, the father of the bride gets too drunk and embarrasses himself.—
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Nathan tells him to get in the water in order to fix the hooks and ropes, but Max stands on the Jet Ski instead, which aggravates the bosun.—
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Money could be at the heart of the power struggle when Mars aggravates Pluto.—
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But the unknown in that equation is what perplexes the Mavericks and has the team stuck for now.—
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And freezing or cutting taxes only exacerbates the situation.—
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Unlike cobalt’s detrimental role in PC-NMC, researchers find that cobalt is critical for enhancing the longevity of SC-NMC by mitigating localized strain along the extended diffusion pathway, whereas manganese exacerbates mechanical degradation.—
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Red Rising is a book that seems to confuses some politically right-leaning readers, something which frustrates but doesn’t surprise Abughazaleh.—
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Mars’ clash with Neptune clouds your judgment and confuses your intuition.—
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Sam slips back into her addiction and as her alcoholism worsens, so do the visions and apparitions that seem to be haunting the forest.—
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As climate change worsens, more locations are going to become too hot for data centers.—
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“Complicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicates. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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