complication
Example Sentences
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The complication is that one child was given a property close to home, while another child was given a cabin several states away.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
One complication remains: ViaSat has pledged to pool its spectrum in a joint venture with U.A.E.-based Space42.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
This is a cat and mouse — or cats and mice — melodrama, with customized stock characters given dark secrets and backstory traumas less as explanation than complication.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
“So key risks for today will be any reversal or complication in U.S.-Iran cease-fire talks,” UOB added.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
After the Armistice he tried frantically to get home but some complication or misunderstanding sent him to Oxford instead.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing complication
Reading: Literature - Fiction - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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