as in maze
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum

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Recent Examples of labyrinth The Compliance Analyst The financial industry is bound by a labyrinth of regulations like Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC). Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 Many of them had been mired in the labyrinth of QAnon — a conspiracy theory that among other things alleges a powerful cabal of elite pedophiles controls the government — ever since Q, the anonymous persona behind the conspiracy first began posting three years earlier in 2017. Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 16 July 2025 That might mean reflecting within the on-site labyrinth, exploring Ayurvedic teachings, or developing strategies for letting go, navigating loss, or reigniting your inner purpose. World Of Hyatt, AFAR Media, 9 June 2025 That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory. John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for labyrinth
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maze
Noun
  • Other new attractions coming this fall will include a haunted maze, scare zone and live show.
    Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The length of any single path could be unimaginably long and require taking millions or even billions of steps in the maze, says Sergei Gukov, the recent study’s senior author and a professor of mathematics at Caltech.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Labyrinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinth. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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