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also side reaction
as in ramification
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Recent Examples of side effect
King Charles is back on royal duty just days after he was hospitalized due to side effects of his cancer treatment.
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Simon Perry, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The absence of side effects increases the likelihood that Neuralink’s brain chip could see wider adoption among individuals with physical disabilities.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
After being diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer in February last year, the monarch has been undergoing treatment and was hospitalized briefly on Thursday due to side effects.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Pollution and other negative side effects of some economic activities impose real damage to society, the costs of which polluters would never have to pay.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
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Simon Perry, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The absence of side effects increases the likelihood that Neuralink’s brain chip could see wider adoption among individuals with physical disabilities.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
After being diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer in February last year, the monarch has been undergoing treatment and was hospitalized briefly on Thursday due to side effects.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Pollution and other negative side effects of some economic activities impose real damage to society, the costs of which polluters would never have to pay.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
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These are just a few of the questions that surface at what can be an overwhelming time of making big decisions with significant financial ramifications.—
Brennan Barnard,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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While those defeats against Newcastle United and Paris Saint-Germain both smarted, their financial ramifications differ wildly.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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Knowing that educational outcomes are inextricably linked to our economy, governors and education leaders are grappling with this consistent decline in the face of a K-12 labor shortage, technological change and the aftereffects of the pandemic.—
Sari Factor,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Gallo Images Hurricane Helene debris fuels flames South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said that the fires have been worsened by the aftereffects of Hurricane Helene, which devastated the region in September 2024.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Adding to the complexity was that four of the five counts that were left standing involve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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What People Are Saying President Han emphasized the complexity of fighting the fires due to weather conditions.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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This has made for a lot of convolution but also for a lot of great music that can still be black without disavowing life’s fundamental worth.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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The film whisks through various plot convolutions, but the real attraction is the sharp dialogue (David Mamet co-writes the script), the tense scenes of spycraft in practice, and action sequences that Frankenheimer must have been waiting his whole career to shoot.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The remainder of last season also had its complications.—
Richard Amofa,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, the United States saw hundreds of thousands of cases every year, many resulting in complications like pneumonia, encephalitis and death.—
Dr. Josh Green,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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