entanglement
noun
en·tan·gle·ment
in-ˈtaŋ-gəl-mənt 
en-
1
a
: the action of entangling : the state of being entangled
b
: something that entangles, confuses, or ensnares
a project delayed by legal entanglements
2
: the condition of being deeply involved
their entanglement in politics
Examples of entanglement in a Sentence
his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements
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Their fearlessness is grounded in training and in seeing the Middle East as a limited operation in the future, after more than two decades of divisive and protracted entanglements — in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond — which Trump had campaigned on ending.
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Adam Carlson, People.com, 25 June 2025
Hers is a direct critique of the banalities of global capitalism and its entanglement with labor and production, told through a body of work that is at once familiar yet strange, moving between the real and the fictional to fascinating and powerful effect.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
For roughly a week, the debate over American involvement in the war between Israel and Iran pitted establishment Republicans and hawks against some of the loudest voices on the right urging Trump to avoid foreign entanglements.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 24 June 2025
As civil war looms, their lives intertwine through unlikely alliances and emotional entanglements, until war and betrayal force difficult choices.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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Adam Carlson, People.com, 25 June 2025
Hers is a direct critique of the banalities of global capitalism and its entanglement with labor and production, told through a body of work that is at once familiar yet strange, moving between the real and the fictional to fascinating and powerful effect.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
For roughly a week, the debate over American involvement in the war between Israel and Iran pitted establishment Republicans and hawks against some of the loudest voices on the right urging Trump to avoid foreign entanglements.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 24 June 2025
As civil war looms, their lives intertwine through unlikely alliances and emotional entanglements, until war and betrayal force difficult choices.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for entanglement
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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entanglement. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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