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Last year, Jarrett contributed to research suggesting the Vikings participated in more complex trading routes with Indigenous Arctic tribes than previously believed.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025 -
Putting all of this highly complex system together, however, is likely to take more than three years.—
Iain Boyd,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Adding another type of account to the already overcomplicated savings laws is the opposite of what Congress should be doing.—
The Editors,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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Ultimately, what results is a muddled mess and overcomplicated visuals that can cause customers to tune out.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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My work centers Native characters who are fully human: messy, funny, complicated.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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The result is a mosaic of broods that makes the jigsaw puzzle of periodical cicada distribution more complicated, but more interesting.—
Chris Simon,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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This is the price of success in a single-entity league with a convoluted salary structure bent on achieving parity at the expense of dynasties.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The two hatch a convoluted getaway plan that involves stealing a briefcase full of money.—
James Factora,
Them.,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The moves challenge the traditional U.S. security role and complicate Africa's geopolitical landscape as Washington steps back.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Left unmanaged, these issues can disrupt family dynamics, derail careers, deplete wealth and complicate legacy planning.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An avid builder and gamer, Max loves constructing intricate creations with LEGOs and diving into videogame worlds where his creativity can roam free.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
25 May 2025
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The subtle hum of intricate mechanics, the remarkably articulate gesture of a synthetic limb, the disquieting echo of human movement – humanoid robots are no longer relegated to the realm of fiction.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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And the story, which finds Foster playing a therapist who becomes convinced that her patient’s suicide is actually a murder, was too tangled and intriguing to turn down.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 May 2025
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At the moment, the tangled web of the Heat’s payroll has far-reaching tentacles.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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In this harrowing and labyrinthine masterpiece, Rivera Garza ultimately goes one step further, unsettlingly implicating readers themselves.—
Katie Kitamura,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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But by stripping the story down to its core elements — supernatural powers, madness, claustrophobia — Kubrick opened viewers’ minds to a treasure trove of possible interpretations, many of which were compiled in the wonderfully labyrinthine documentary Room 237.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Overcomplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcomplex. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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