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
Examples of entanglement in a Sentence
his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements
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And of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy.
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Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 5 July 2025
Manatees also are vulnerable to boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and ingestion of marine debris.
—Amy Green, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
But, when Trump then left the door open to a regime change, fears among supporters increased about the possibility of U.S. entanglement abroad.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 June 2025
Unlike traditional computing, which processes information in binary sequences, quantum computing harnesses the unique properties of quantum mechanics—superposition, entanglement and tunneling—to process complex information in entirely new ways.
—Markus Pflitsch, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 5 July 2025
Manatees also are vulnerable to boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and ingestion of marine debris.
—Amy Green, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
But, when Trump then left the door open to a regime change, fears among supporters increased about the possibility of U.S. entanglement abroad.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 June 2025
Unlike traditional computing, which processes information in binary sequences, quantum computing harnesses the unique properties of quantum mechanics—superposition, entanglement and tunneling—to process complex information in entirely new ways.
—Markus Pflitsch, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for entanglement
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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entanglement. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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