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Recent Examples of side effect
Unintended side effects of SSRIs, including anxiety itself, suggest that SSRIs may actually cause some of the symptoms they are meant to reverse.
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Kara Margolis, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Indecision may be a side effect of a self-esteem issue.
—USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Paperwork snarls, a multimillion-dollar price tag and patient concerns over serious side effects mean only a limited number of hospitals have treated patients so far.
More than 100,000 people in the United States — 9 in 10 of them Black — have sickle cell disease.
—Jason Kane, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
Ginkgo biloba supplements interact with certain medications, like blood thinners, and may cause side effects, including headache, stomach upset, dizziness, palpitations, constipation, and allergic skin reactions.
—Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kara Margolis, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Indecision may be a side effect of a self-esteem issue.
—USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Paperwork snarls, a multimillion-dollar price tag and patient concerns over serious side effects mean only a limited number of hospitals have treated patients so far.
More than 100,000 people in the United States — 9 in 10 of them Black — have sickle cell disease.
—Jason Kane, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
Ginkgo biloba supplements interact with certain medications, like blood thinners, and may cause side effects, including headache, stomach upset, dizziness, palpitations, constipation, and allergic skin reactions.
—Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
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Leaders of the University of California, the nation’s top higher education recipient of federal research funding, are raising questions and voicing concerns about the ramifications of a temporary Trump administration pause on research grant reviews announced this week.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Fogelman is clearly—sometimes too clearly—thinking about the acceleration of climate change, the ramifications of politicians putting themselves before their constituents, and the outsize influence of billionaires on our leaders.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Also, economic data can be highly influenced by events outside of a president’s control, such as war or extreme weather — or a global pandemic and its aftereffects.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Leone recounts the various decisions—or lack thereof—made by BP that led to cleanup workers’ later allegations of severe respiratory illness, among other devastating aftereffects.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, the piece is chock full of layers and complexity, smart composition and plain old good dancing — frustratingly good in its attention to detail.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The season takes new turns while remaining the most ambitious, batty and all-out pleasurable show on TV, an M.C. Escher maze whose plot convolutions never get in the way of its voice, heart and sense of humor.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Instead of excessive fastidiousness and convolution, the mood is one of generosity, ease, and serenity.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
5 Dec. 2024
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Keep reading for more of Us’ top stories: Mandy Moore and Busy Philipps are among the stars mourning the loss of influencer Rebecca Wylie Simms, who died at age 39 following complications from surgery.—
Meredith Nardino,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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On top of the complications of the dam, the river faces increasingly drastic flooding and droughts.—
Julia Gordon,
Hartford Courant,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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