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Recent Examples of byzantine Look for creamy white blooming and fragrant marsh Afrikaner (Gladiolus tristis), hot pink Byzantine gladiolus (Gladiolus byzantinus), pearl pink and magenta painted lady gladiolus (Gladiolus carneus) to start. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025 Kim Kardashian is in Venice today swinging past Gothic and Byzantine villas on her way to the wedding of the world’s third-richest man. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 June 2025 The target date for conclusion of this Byzantine process is Friday. George Skelton, Mercury News, 25 June 2025 Regulatory Reform The Byzantine US legal regulatory framework is out-of-synch with the marketplace and no longer adequately serves the needs of customers. Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Yet his jewelry’s main marks of distinction reside in their embodiment of traditional artisanal techniques and aesthetic tendencies that originated in the Byzantine empire (roughly from 330 AD to 1453 AD), as well as antique elements sourced from around the world. Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 In Ioannina, a lively university town where Byzantine churches co-exist with Ottoman-era mosques, sits the 3Portes Gallery. Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025 Notre-Dame de la Garde, the basilica that towers over Marseille with its golden Madonna, has an ornate Byzantine interior and panoramic views of the city. Lily Radziemski, New York Times, 29 May 2025 In 1986, a tractor harrow unearthed pieces of a Byzantine bucket. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
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Adjective
  • That stark reality, Wood said, was part of what compelled him to write the book Among the lessons Wood discusses are the importance of healthy communication, the role of community support and the insights drawn from his own complicated relationship with his father.
    Essence, Essence, 9 July 2025
  • While these may seem a bit too complicated for children, the kit is specifically designed for budding engineers aged 8 to 14 and includes easy-to-understand, age-appropriate instructions.
    Anja Webb, Parents, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Sharper, higher quality steel blades are manufactured by a Swiss company specializing in intricate watch components, and the program lets each attendee choose their own mix of blades and accessories.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The brand scouts artisans around the world who specialize in various techniques, from intricate embroidery to weaving, beadwork and tailoring.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The district has tried to be conservative on replacing items as efforts to form a fire territory complicate issues of investment and ownership.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Certainly tariffs are adding to economic uncertainty and complicate decision-making for the Federal Reserve.
    Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Regulatory/Compliance For some businesses, government regulations and industry compliance or ethics standards create an entire facet of business management that is complex and ambiguous.
    Sherre DeMao, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • His approach is at odds with how major trade agreements have been produced over the last half-century, detailed sessions that could sometimes take years to solve complex differences between nations.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Edwin Brant Frost IV and his private lending company First Liberty Building & Loan with allegedly presiding over a sophisticated $140 million Ponzi scheme, according to a civil complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Atlanta.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 11 July 2025
  • Deepfakes have been growing more sophisticated in recent years, in addition to being increasingly deployed for malicious purposes.
    Shannon Bond, NPR, 10 July 2025

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“Byzantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byzantine. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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