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
Over the last six decades, the Defense Department has created a labyrinth of rules, regulations, and confusing acquisition policies that encourage risk aversion and inertia.
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Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Procurement operates in one system, accounts payable in another and vendor data lives across a labyrinth of spreadsheets and email threads.
—Laurent Charpentier, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Just as 20th-century Jewish refugees faced restrictions that forced them into the shadows, today’s migrants—whether Venezuelan asylum seekers or Ukrainian refugees — have to navigate a labyrinth of legal roadblocks.
—Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Af Klint’s real intentions remain elusive, buried in the labyrinth of her elliptical writing.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Procurement operates in one system, accounts payable in another and vendor data lives across a labyrinth of spreadsheets and email threads.
—Laurent Charpentier, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Just as 20th-century Jewish refugees faced restrictions that forced them into the shadows, today’s migrants—whether Venezuelan asylum seekers or Ukrainian refugees — have to navigate a labyrinth of legal roadblocks.
—Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Af Klint’s real intentions remain elusive, buried in the labyrinth of her elliptical writing.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labyrinth
maze
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But now the 55-year-old beleaguered mogul — worth as much as $1 billion just three years ago — spends his days moving with little fanfare through the maze of hallways and rooms that make up the federal justice system, his once-black hair and beard faded to gray.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Bryce Canyon is a colorful maze of spires, cliffs and ravines eroded in soft rock and soil at the edge of a plateau.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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“Labyrinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinth. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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