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complexity

[kuhm-plek-si-tee] / kəmˈplɛk sɪ ti /


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By giving an episode to each of our lead four characters, we could use their view of the island to make sure the complexity of Golding’s telling shined.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Isn't this just an added, but inevitable complexity of growing up?

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

One is the sheer complexity of the federal budget and its absurd lack of transparency; this is catnip for conspiracy theorists.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Some of the delays relate to the complexity of evaluating whether any given project could cause problems for the system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The regulation of genes—the selective turning on and off of certain genes in certain cells, and at certain times—must interpose a crucial layer of complexity on the unblinking nature of biological information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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