tentacular
adjective
ten·tac·u·lar
ten-ˈta-kyə-lər 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling tentacles
2
: equipped with tentacles
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And their other two matches after that first Melbourne meeting have been tentacular, sweaty battles.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2026
In the two movies Ethan made with Cooke and without his brother, Joel, criminal schemes with a tentacular grip on institutions and officials emerge as the perpetual and immutable way of the world, as decipherably practical versions of the cosmic joke.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
The image makes for a neat — perhaps too neat — metaphor for the tentacular reach of memories passed down the maternal line.
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Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
4 July 2023
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2026
In the two movies Ethan made with Cooke and without his brother, Joel, criminal schemes with a tentacular grip on institutions and officials emerge as the perpetual and immutable way of the world, as decipherably practical versions of the cosmic joke.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
The image makes for a neat — perhaps too neat — metaphor for the tentacular reach of memories passed down the maternal line.
—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
4 July 2023
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“Tentacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tentacular. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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