mazed; mazing
1
a
: a confusing intricate network of passages
b
: something confusingly elaborate or complicated
a maze of regulations
2
chiefly dialectal
: a state of bewilderment
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Verb
I'm completely mazed by the multitude of plans for health insurance.
Noun
The experiment measured the time it took for a mouse to find its way through a maze to get its reward of cheese.
The school is a maze of classrooms.
a maze of rules and regulations
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Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Organizations now have to navigate a maze of overlapping standards, such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171 and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), which all have slight variations.
—Rizwan Jan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Construction costs are high, and developers need to navigate a maze of zoning laws and antiquated lease agreements to get projects off the ground because malls aren’t typically zoned for multifamily developments.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
So the patriarch of the football family — the only one with two brothers to face off as opposing head coaches in the championship game of a major American team sport — ambled down the maze of stairs and down a hallway to find out what the fuss was all about.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
And some experts say there is a case to be made for streamlining the confusing maze of financial regulators where some duties overlap.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Organizations now have to navigate a maze of overlapping standards, such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171 and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), which all have slight variations.
—Rizwan Jan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Construction costs are high, and developers need to navigate a maze of zoning laws and antiquated lease agreements to get projects off the ground because malls aren’t typically zoned for multifamily developments.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
So the patriarch of the football family — the only one with two brothers to face off as opposing head coaches in the championship game of a major American team sport — ambled down the maze of stairs and down a hallway to find out what the fuss was all about.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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maze
noun
: a path complicated by at least one blind alley and used in learning experiments and in intelligence tests
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