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Your $1.4 million inheritance and his daughter complicate your estate planning.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Rising interest rates complicate the picture, since they lift borrowing costs for the billions of dollars in debt AI firms have taken on to finance the data centre rollout.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Still, the recovery in exports has yet to fully restore regional energy flows, with security threats and elevated shipping costs continuing to complicate shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Dodgers hope to address their bullpen needs and pitching depth this offseason, but the threat of a lockout could complicate their free-agency plans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

He thinks we should complicate it, so it’s not race alone.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

For now, though, the reversal complicates a weather outlook otherwise dominated by a strong El Niño that is likely to mean a mild winter in Europe and the northern U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Remote and difficult terrain complicates fieldwork, while the seasonal appearance and often hidden nature of fungal reproductive structures make some species especially difficult to locate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Climate change complicates the picture because the oceans are now warmer, but scientists can strip out that background effect to determine the absolute rise.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But here’s what complicates the monster story, and what Hollywood has failed to illustrate in this movie: I also found a young man failed by nearly every system around him.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Longer storage times could make it easier to carry out complicated calculations that require information to remain available throughout multiple processing steps.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

That position, while it guarantees him a highly lucrative contract, is complicated by the impending lockout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

But delivering this is more complicated, with responsibility falling to central and local government as well as to private housebuilders.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

I tried those out on my friends, and the responses really brought home how complicated and emotional our relationship with money can be.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Maybe it wanted all the complicated social contraptions of whatever temples and markets they’d built.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Is an 'AI war' complicating your job search?

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Establishing responsibility is challenging because it requires authorities to share maps pinpointing fire hotspots, with overlapping land claims further complicating matters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

They are also challenging to modify genetically and can be damaged during freezing and storage, complicating the production and distribution of cell therapies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

But rising energy costs continue to pile pressure on factory margins, while also complicating the outlook for interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I went over and over my life to this point, complicating the threads with my fingers, knotting everything.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez