as in labyrinth
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages
got lost in the warren of interconnected side streets
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Recent Examples of warren
The lot, however, is a congested warren of stages, offices, trailers and support facilities such as woodworking mills that date to the early 20th century.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The maximalism and somewhat uncompromising presumption of a newspaper, with its warren of sections and columns and byways, is a quiet reproach to its audience’s most parochial instincts.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Children from blue-collar warrens straddling the road strutted about.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
People pour in from the dense warrens of India’s financial capital and from dusty villages thousands of kilometers away, all flowing towards the fortified, sea-facing Mumbai home of actor Shah Rukh Khan.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The maximalism and somewhat uncompromising presumption of a newspaper, with its warren of sections and columns and byways, is a quiet reproach to its audience’s most parochial instincts.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Children from blue-collar warrens straddling the road strutted about.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
People pour in from the dense warrens of India’s financial capital and from dusty villages thousands of kilometers away, all flowing towards the fortified, sea-facing Mumbai home of actor Shah Rukh Khan.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warren
Noun
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One floor underground is a labyrinth of snazzy, high-tech equipment designed to bio-hack, educate and optimize performance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Navigating higher education can often feel like a labyrinth.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This technical maze is among the challenges that platforms like YouTube, Amazon Prime Channels, Roku and Spectrum are trying to solve.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warren. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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