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n. - The act of branching out or dividing into branches; An arrangement of branching parts; A development that complicates a situation; A part of a forked or branching shape.

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  • One such ramification is the importation of “books” per se.
  • And at least for now, the ramification is that they will never get to read the entire book.
  • And I think any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.
  • The judge called for schools to pay more attention to showing pupils the "ramification" of reckless behaviour.
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