as in mazes
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 labyrinths
Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labyrinths
mazes
Noun
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Players must navigate nightmarish mazes where monsters lurk at every turn.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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That’s a big disappointment since Universal has billed Fallout as one of the three marquee mazes of Horror Nights 2025, alongside Five Nights at Freddy’s and Terrifier, the top two mazes of the night.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Labyrinths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinths. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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