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Recent Examples of side effect
That’s just a side effect of all that good fermentation going on among your gut bugs.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 May 2025
Nausea While mild, nausea is another potential side effect of taking melatonin supplements.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
Over the past few weeks, TikTok users have sparked a heated conversation over a potential side effect of Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil.
—Jasmine Browley, Allure, 22 May 2025
And the drug can also bring unpleasant side effects like belly pain, nausea, diarrhea, and low-grade fever.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 May 2025
Nausea While mild, nausea is another potential side effect of taking melatonin supplements.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
Over the past few weeks, TikTok users have sparked a heated conversation over a potential side effect of Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil.
—Jasmine Browley, Allure, 22 May 2025
And the drug can also bring unpleasant side effects like belly pain, nausea, diarrhea, and low-grade fever.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
Noun
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While the biological and philosophical debates are interesting, the legal ramifications for endangered species conservation are of paramount importance.—
Alex Erwin,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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How the team plays overall in June could have heavy ramifications on the organization’s trade deadline plans come July.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
Noun
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These point to the long aftereffects of disaster on care.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Among the aftereffects of the devastating Los Angeles fires in January was widespread disruption across the entertainment industry.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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However, most voters don’t do complexity and nuance.—
Michael Graham,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2025
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There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products.—
Hannah Parry
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The best detective stories often aren’t easy to follow, taking convolutions and leaving narrative dead-ends lying around, but many of Honey Don’t!—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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These convolutions come across as brand management to the point of wish fulfillment; did a Fleischer Studios executive give the note that under no circumstances must the musical imply that Betty Boop is anything else than universally adored?—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nacua said his father, who died when Nacua was a youngster, experienced complications from the disease.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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His death was ruled an accident, likely due to complications from excessive drinking.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
2 June 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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