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Recent Examples of side effect
Common side effects may include incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
—
Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
What are the side effects of L-arginine supplements?
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
But these decisions always weigh the benefits against the potential risks and side effects, based on the individual's overall condition and priorities.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 18 May 2025
Having shown success during in vitro tests, this process could soon allow for enhanced drug delivery within the body and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy drugs.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for side effect
Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
What are the side effects of L-arginine supplements?
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
But these decisions always weigh the benefits against the potential risks and side effects, based on the individual's overall condition and priorities.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 18 May 2025
Having shown success during in vitro tests, this process could soon allow for enhanced drug delivery within the body and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy drugs.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for side effect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side effect
Noun
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This has sobering ramifications for existing AI and the pursuit and attainment of AGI (artificial general intelligence).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The ramifications are significant: Earth’s core, once thought inaccessible, is ejected at least small amounts up towards the surface during volcanic eruptions.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
Noun
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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
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But that didn’t erase the lingering aftereffects of the extended vitriol that Tran faced after Star Wars.—
James Factora,
Them.,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The sheer complexity of a deal, which will take years to complete and require multiagency input, forced Trump’s first treasury secretary to shelve their sale, and experts believe the same hurdles pose significant challenges this time around, too.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2025
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The distance to exoplanets, the faintness of signals, and the complexity of atmospheres mean distinguishing between molecules that differ by just one atom is extremely challenging.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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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
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Yet in some of her works, including her 1980 novel, Woman Running in the Mountains, this break with convention comes to feel liberatory, like the promise of something wild and deep that allows the body to survive the convolutions of history.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Additional measures to avoid oral complications should also be taken, according to Sachar.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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The new strategy would continue the current vaccine approval process for people ages 65 and older and younger people with health problems that put them at high risk for serious complications from the virus.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
22 May 2025
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“Side effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20effect. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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