Thesaurus results for WEB

web

noun

ˈweb

Definition of web

as in tangle

something that catches and holds he was caught in the web of branches she was trapped by her own web of lies

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as in ambush

a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers

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Recent Examples of web And finally, phone calls can be tracked alongside web visits and form submissions in one connected view. — Todd Fisher, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 This feature will roll out soon in the US for web, mobile, and TV users. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 Every professor had been required to upload their course materials into a university web portal for screening. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Chatfield hired Jennifer Szabo as his web developer early on to make the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for web

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Noun

The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Brushing controls shedding, removes debris and prevents tangles.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

Another new player is added to the mix in Damien Cantor (Harry Lloyd), an oily media mogul who’s introduced to Taverner by Judd over a lunch that quietly turns into an ambush.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Court records show that Moore and his alleged co-conspirator Eric Diaz planned and executed an ambush on 38-year-old John Williams.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ambush

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The cameras mounted by Flock and two major competitors, Rekor and Axon, are only small pieces of the technological net that gathers data on movements, consumer habits, employment and other things, most of it collected privately.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of net

Noun

The former—a dark blue microfiber on the outer part of the cloth—breaks up bigger pieces of grime, while the light blue microfiber on the inner part traps and absorbs dirt.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
Across 13 tracks, Emjay (whose stage name is an acronym for her real name, María José) fuses genres like pop, rock, trap and hyperpop, turning the mix into an act of uninhibited freedom.

— Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

In the cobwebbed sub-basement of a Swedish library, an unnamed narrator discovers a labyrinth of twenty-six rooms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
This stone is part of a larger labyrinth that eventually reaches an ocean in a system of deep, powerful interdependence.

— Supriya Lopez Pillai, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

But without blueprints, safety rules or ownership, those solutions become a maze of duplicate apps, weak controls and fragile workflows.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Pumpkin Festival The annual Pumpkin Festival returns to Stone Mountain Park with a new hay maze, character meet-and-greets, storytelling, a pie-eating contest and more.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of maze

Noun

For the moment, the Defense Department’s investments are operating in a legal morass that lawmakers in both parties see as unsustainable.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Pattinson plays him like a man whose voice and demeanor could change at will, an ambitious morass of contradictions.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

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