entanglement
noun
en·tan·gle·ment
in-ˈtaŋ-gəl-mənt 
en-
1
a
: the action of entangling : the state of being entangled
b
: something that entangles, confuses, or ensnares
a project delayed by legal entanglements
2
: the condition of being deeply involved
their entanglement in politics
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his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements
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Trump's legal entanglements are not limited to the New York case.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
His effort to limit U.S. entanglements abroad could lead to U.S. underreach, leaving dangerous vacuums of power.
—Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
The team found that the sharing of information that defines entanglement occurs across whole groups of fundamental particles called quarks and gluons within a proton.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Great with guests and always organized, Daisy is a killer chief stew, even if her entanglement with Gary King and Colin Macrae almost upended season four.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
His effort to limit U.S. entanglements abroad could lead to U.S. underreach, leaving dangerous vacuums of power.
—Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
The team found that the sharing of information that defines entanglement occurs across whole groups of fundamental particles called quarks and gluons within a proton.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Great with guests and always organized, Daisy is a killer chief stew, even if her entanglement with Gary King and Colin Macrae almost upended season four.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entanglement. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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