as in complicated
having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated
it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone
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as in knotted
to twist together into a usually confused mass
that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with
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Recent Examples of tangled
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) confirmed a Shark Control Program contractor was brought in to cut the whales loose from the tangled netting.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a veteran tangled haplessly up in good intentions and a life of petty crime.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
From frequent relocations to a carousel of careers (culminating in a stint in Hot Springs), his choices left indelible marks on those closest to him, including strained relationships and tangled finances.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) confirmed a Shark Control Program contractor was brought in to cut the whales loose from the tangled netting.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
The American Kennel Club stated that missed grooming sessions can result in cocker spaniels' coats becoming tangled and matted.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a veteran tangled haplessly up in good intentions and a life of petty crime.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tangled
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Moreover, parlay bets are getting more complicated as time goes on, decreasing the chances of winning.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Peter Hedges’s drama about a young recovering addict (Lucas Hedges) coming back unannounced to his family starts off promisingly, with Roberts’s supportive but wary character trying to manage her complicated feelings about her son’s return.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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There’s an uncomfortable portrait of masculinity trapped inside Roofman, but the movie is a little too enamored of its main character to let it out.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Instead of one loop knotted up in space, links can contain any number of knotted components linked together.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Cowboys and Packers tied 40-40 after ending regulation knotted at 37-37.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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Defensive struggles are all connected, because football is beautifully intricate like that, but the secondary is a problem.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after its dawn, dresses produced by Paris’ leading fashion houses, such as Poiret, Chanel and Lanvin, were envisaged with the same geometric, linear designs and intricate decorations that were characteristic of the revolutionary movement.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Emily Gunyou Halaas skillfully embodies the producer and party host enmeshed in the obsession with critics’ approval.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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The movement to weaken the state’s decades-old vaccination requirements is enmeshed with Kennedy’s orbit.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These are common but complicate long-term planning for federal agencies.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Despite differing views on a variety of security issues, the group, like Gilpatric’s, reached a clear consensus: nuclear proliferation by any additional country would diminish U.S. power, complicate strategic planning, and increase the likelihood of nuclear use, accidents, and disasters.—
MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUÉLLAR,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
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Each human cell contains about two meters of DNA tightly folded in complex 3D structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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To achieve this goal, the bank began strategically attracting ultrarich clients and offering them complex financial services.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tangled. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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