as in complicated
having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated
a convoluted explanation that left the listeners even more confused than they were before
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Recent Examples of convoluted
Like any convoluted romantic comedy, The Wedding Banquet’s foursome’s big silly scheme doesn’t exactly go according to plan.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2025
In all the convoluted back-and-forth, most patients and health plans aren’t charged anything close to list price.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article MIAMI — Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.
—Ira Winderman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2025
In all the convoluted back-and-forth, most patients and health plans aren’t charged anything close to list price.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article MIAMI — Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.
—Ira Winderman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convoluted
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Although these big chip platforms are complicated to make, Nvidia can apply lessons learned from the Blackwell ramp to future product iterations.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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Refunds are typically smaller at the start of the tax season because low- and middle-income workers with simpler tax returns are often the first to file, while higher-income Americans or people with more complicated taxes tend to wait until closer to the April 15 deadline to file their returns.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The design, which took more than 300 hours to make, included a corset bodice with intricate sparkling details that dripped down to the rest of the silk skirt.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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His intricate, mesmerizing, metal, light, and shadow sculptures in MICAS’ barrel vaults prove particularly sublime.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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What the presence of TSMC does do is complicate an already complex situation.—
Kerry Brown,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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That the aircraft impacted the ground so violently will no doubt complicate investigators' work, given the state of the physical evidence, Axios' Fitzpatrick adds.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
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The study, published in the medical journal JAMA by the Benioff Homeless and Housing Initiative at UC San Francisco, gives a complex statistical picture of a topic that has been fraught by conflicting narratives.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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If learning the difference in roles that wielding a switch axe has in contrast to a hammer doesn’t sound complex enough there are elemental weaknesses and resistances to keep in mind around each monster.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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These symbols are part of an entirely undeciphered script from a sophisticated ancient civilization thousands of years old.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Swiss skincare import creates sophisticated formulations featuring pure alpine ingredients from high altitude plants and Triple DNA, a patented marine DNA extract that deeply hydrates and boosts cell renewal.—
Bea McMonagle,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Convoluted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoluted. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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