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 Audience entanglement plagued creators from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender or nationality. — Julianna Pillemer, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 His trailblazing act had been reduced to a joyless recitation of his legal entanglements. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Trump strode into office for a second term vowing to avoid lengthy and expensive military entanglements. — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 Temperature changes and mechanical vibrations can interfere with the quantum effects needed to establish entanglement. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entanglement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglement
  1. tangle
  2. trap
  3. labyrinth
  4. web
  5. maze
Noun
  • The Bell Jar Tracing the tangle of a new job in New York City and the simultaneous onrush of clinical depression, The Bell Jar brings the interior world of central character Esther Greenwood into stunning relief.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Penske has designed tracks through city blocks, but never through both federal and municipal grounds with a tangle of buildings that include the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the National Archives.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of tangle
Noun
  • Speaking with the New York Times in December, Teresa Griffin, a wildlife manager with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, shared that the group traps and releases about 60 beavers a year.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • From plates and knives not being clean to flies stuck on traps, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week.
    — Joseph Hernandez August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of trap
Noun
  • Frances is a young writer navigating the labyrinth of adulthood and her narration is close and touching, and to this author, entirely enchanting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Except for the labyrinth of rights negotiations and technical hurdles and user expectations that have prevented, for a time, every other aspect of the YouTube TV experience over the last decade.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of labyrinth
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  • OpenAI's security and safety practices have been under intense scrutiny after the company disclosed that two of its models escaped their training environment, accessed the open web and breached Hugging Face's systems last month.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The all-black look was completed with custom Miss Z pumps from Louboutin, carrying the arachnid theme down to her feet with a mesh spider-web design and 3D spider adornments.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of web
Noun
  • Specialized teams are now leading the search for 933 workers who remain unaccounted for and could be trapped alive in the maze-like network.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
  • His son Jack, who had attended the event in California, was instrumental in making these mazes happen, Universal officials have said.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of maze

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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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