1
: existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder
2
: very involved : exceedingly complex
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it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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The city’s response has been a tangled mess of litigation, disarray by regional partners and too little immediate action.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Instead of juggling a tangled mess of chargers in your travel bag, this one streamlined charging cable powers multiple devices at once.
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His drawings of this period, composed of fine, tangled lines, evoked a similar tone.
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When a porcini is young, the mouths of the tubes are covered with tangled white hairlike filaments called hyphae.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Instead of juggling a tangled mess of chargers in your travel bag, this one streamlined charging cable powers multiple devices at once.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
His drawings of this period, composed of fine, tangled lines, evoked a similar tone.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2026
When a porcini is young, the mouths of the tubes are covered with tangled white hairlike filaments called hyphae.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangled. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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