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Recent Examples of side effect
They also have been tested extensively in humans showing very few side effects.
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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
Many people do live high-stress lifestyles, and elevated stress levels can have side effects, such as promoting weight gain.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Those included poverty, early failure in business, cancer and cardiac health issues, and mental health problems due to side effects of a medicine.
—Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The most common side effects for MariTide were gastrointestinal, including nausea, vomiting and constipation.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
Many people do live high-stress lifestyles, and elevated stress levels can have side effects, such as promoting weight gain.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Those included poverty, early failure in business, cancer and cardiac health issues, and mental health problems due to side effects of a medicine.
—Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The most common side effects for MariTide were gastrointestinal, including nausea, vomiting and constipation.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for side effect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
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While Army and Navy are happy to accept the ramifications of their unique situation, the decision permanently removes a potential contender from their schedule.Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
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Republicans, Democrats, and police officers disagreed over the precise ramifications of the change in the law, but efforts to remove the provision failed.Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Chinese city has struggled in recent years owing to the aftereffects of its tough COVID-zero policy, concerns over Beijing’s encroaching jurisdiction, and a sluggish Chinese economy.Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
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Teenagers often combine cannabis use with other substance use and can suffer neurologic and psychiatric aftereffects.Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Seven Key Themes for 2025 Here are the transformative conversations shaping 2025, with actionable insights for family offices navigating complexity and seeking opportunity.Francois Botha, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The first thing to understand in order to grasp the complexity of this production is that four different versions of Macondo were created from scratch to maintain authenticity over the course of time.Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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Instead of excessive fastidiousness and convolution, the mood is one of generosity, ease, and serenity.Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
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Especially for certain special education students, many of whom have a neurological condition, having an accurate summary of a topic indeed may be better and more digestible than having to comb through pages upon pages of detailed convolution that may very plausibly overwhelm someone.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Some of the rare complications of copper IUDs can have consequences.Wendy Wisner, Health, 11 Dec. 2024
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Researchers found that the current status quo on many platforms involves policy language that may confuse its users or technical complications that keep content creators say prevents them from being able to assert ownership of their accounts.Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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