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side effects

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variants also side reactions

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as in ramifications

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Council and their staff are looking into the potential financial ramifications of an air conditioning mandate.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
Despite the very real tensions and ramifications of Harry’s decision to go public with his and Meghan’s experiences and criticisms, his prodigal son position is, and frankly, has always been, a boon for the Firm.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ramifications

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Many of our heroic Vietnam War veterans have continued to suffer the aftereffects of exposure to Agent Orange during their service.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Because there are no other nearby heat generators, that energy must be residual aftereffects of an earlier era.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026

Definition of aftereffects

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Regardless of whether the students have encountered the text before, the film gives them a good place to start understanding the tale’s complexities.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
In addition to being arbitrary, reductionist, and biased, classifying individuals as obese or overweight based on a single number ignores many complexities about body fat.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of complexities

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Trachtenberg died in 2025 at 39 from complications of diabetes mellitus.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
In August 2023, 57-year-old photographer Bryan Randall passed away from complications related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

— Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026

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