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as in complexness
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects
the complexity of the company's computer system is such that a full-time employee is needed to maintain it
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as in difficulty
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
the political complexities that the secretary-general must deal with
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Recent Examples of complexity
With new capabilities being added to AI systems at a steady rate—in October, frontier AI lab Anthropic introduced the ability for its model to directly control a computer, still in beta—the complexity of governing this technology will only increase.
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Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
The complexity of the interplay among these compositional layers can be dizzying.
—Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the major findings in psychedelic science has been that the entropy — or randomness, complexity, and disorder — of brain activity is a kind of signature of a trip’s intensity.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
New York City’s environment offers additional complexities, with obstacles such as train stations making normal underpinning inaccessible.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
The complexity of the interplay among these compositional layers can be dizzying.
—Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the major findings in psychedelic science has been that the entropy — or randomness, complexity, and disorder — of brain activity is a kind of signature of a trip’s intensity.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
New York City’s environment offers additional complexities, with obstacles such as train stations making normal underpinning inaccessible.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complexity
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If these workers are deported, the food industry will probably have great difficulty replacing them.Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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But there are several counties where the difficulty is even higher.Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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His jazz roots influenced his work across genres, bringing a sense of sophistication and complexity to popular music, while making jazz more accessible to broader audiences.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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His comments were often comedic due to their bluntness and lack of sophistication.Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the wake of the ruling, numerous reports have emerged of women dying or nearly dying from miscarriages or complications in dangerous pregnancies, as doctors were unable to intervene due to these bans.Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Losing Prescott is sure to add some huge complications for the offense, but the Cowboys have Cooper Rush and Trey Lance to lean on while Prescott heals.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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There is nothing analytical about Jackiw and Denk’s rendition, which translates all those formal intricacies into an infectious colloquy of voices.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Of course, business users tasked with FP&A and other critical processes could care less about the intricacies that make analysis possible.Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Complexity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complexity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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