complication
noun
the act of complicating.
complications
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pluralof complication.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He’d spent a night in a Maine hospital due to complications from a fall and then learned his mother-in-law had died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Otherwise, it could cause complications if — in a worst-case scenario — the house burned down or the roof blew off in a storm.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
In May, Towle posted a series of videos from the hospital where she was receiving treatment for complications related to her cancer.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
A senior Lebanese official said the strikes added awkward complications to the seventh round of U.S.-brokered talks between Israeli and Lebanese diplomats in Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
We were consoled by the fact that so much of our evidence was documentary and could be admitted without the complications and unpredictability that Myers's testimony might introduce.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
