- past participle of complicate.
- past tense form of complicate.
complicated
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This type of virtual production was used to film more than half of the first season of the show, eliminating location shoots and capturing complicated visual effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Plymouth occupies a singular place in the American story, with a rich history of the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag people and their complicated relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As for the 45-day rule, that too can get complicated, but in ways that might benefit you.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But real protons are much more complicated than that simplified model suggests.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
What was behind me and what was ahead of me felt like nothing but snarled knots of complicated.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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