as in complexity
something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult
the inevitable convolutions involved in setting up an international teleconference
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Recent Examples of convolution
The team turned their model loose on the series of treelike modifications and convolutions in the Indo-European family of languages.
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Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
The wildest example of this meta-narrative convolution comes during the Season 1 recap that plays at the start of the episode.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
But a convolution of religious beliefs not based on biblical norms but used to fit a person’s own biased agenda is certainly foremost of the causes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
That’s where the confusion and the convolution goes.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
The wildest example of this meta-narrative convolution comes during the Season 1 recap that plays at the start of the episode.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
But a convolution of religious beliefs not based on biblical norms but used to fit a person’s own biased agenda is certainly foremost of the causes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
That’s where the confusion and the convolution goes.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convolution
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This, the expert believes, is partly because of the elimination of expensive exhaust treatment systems and the high efficiency of the process, which could offset the engine’s greater technical complexity over time.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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The complexity is in balancing divisiveness with input from your team.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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The 18th Street Station has a lot of stairs, so passengers with difficulty using stairs should use the McCormick Place station.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Low-mass stars such as red dwarfs vastly outnumber high-mass stars, a distribution astronomers call the 'initial mass function', but why this should be weighted towards lower-mass stars is uncertain — and certainly not helped by the difficulties in observing their growth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The rash can lead to complications, the most common one being long-term nerve pain, postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN, the CDC notes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Richard Carapaz will miss the Giro d’Italia after having complications following surgery on a perineal cyst.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Convolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convolution. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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