entanglement

noun

in-ˈtaŋ-gəl-mənt How to pronounce entanglement (audio)
Definition of entanglementnext
as in tangle
something that catches and holds his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements

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Recent Examples of entanglement The deals illustrate the continuing entanglement of the US and Chinese tech ecosystems, despite intensifying drives in Washington and Beijing to wall off their AI sectors. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Trump successfully tapped into these grievances by promising to scale back international entanglements and bring back factories and manufacturing jobs. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 The kill switch metaphor reduces the infrastructural entanglements of AI to outdated ideas about technology. — Trent Wintermeier, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 Rather, to live under platform capitalism is to recognize the disturbing manner in which human need has been redescribed as algorithmic entanglement. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entanglement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglement
  1. tangle
  2. trap
  3. labyrinth
  4. web
  5. maze
Noun
  • Despite the beery bonhomie and singalong-friendly simplicity of their tunes, the Twisted Teens are grappling with an increasingly complex tangle of contradictions and tensions.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Both amyloid beta and tau are normally present in healthy brains; the plaques and tangles are abnormal aggregations of these molecules.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tangle
Noun
  • The hacker set a trap designed to lure the impostor into claiming more Bitcoin.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The personalization trap The core of the problem is that Google wants its products and services to talk to each other.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of trap
Noun
  • According to Greek mythology, every nine years Athens had to send fourteen young people to the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in Crete, where they were devoured as sacrificial victims.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Much of the series is set in claustrophobic corridors, backrooms and basements, endowing it with the sense of a labyrinth that its anti-terror agents have to navigate.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of labyrinth
Noun
  • Attackers first exploited an admin authentication bypass to gain access, then used a separate SQL injection flaw to steal credentials and finally leveraged two additional issues to achieve remote code execution and plant a persistent web shell.
    — Rohit Dhamankar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • There’s no e-mail, web browsing, or social media on these—only a Kindle-esque e-ink display that feels paperlike beneath your stylus.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of web
Noun
  • Now Jade must navigate through an intricate maze of love and grief, while grappling with finding new romance while still feeling loyal to her late husband.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The book features coloring pages, puzzles, mazes, more than 500 stickers and other activities.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of maze

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