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
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The farm features corn mazes, hot apple cider donuts, pig races and princess and prince shows.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated October 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The official first day of fall has officially come and gone, haunted houses are opening up around the Valley, people are planning their trips to the pumpkin patches and corn mazes.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Labyrinths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinths. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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