Definition of entanglementnext
as in tangle
something that catches and holds his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements

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Recent Examples of entanglement The current high price of gasoline, thanks to the Iran entanglement, certainly won’t deter owners and collectors from strutting their stuff. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 Children from a previous entanglement. Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 As the material moves closer to its quantum critical point, the threshold needed for entanglement drops sharply. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026 The Moon enters Libra and your 8th House of Shared Resources at 10:34 AM EDT, bringing attention to debts, agreements, trust, emotional labor, and financial entanglements. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for entanglement
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Noun
  • Before 2014, bull kelp—a whip-like kelp with bulbous air bladders and trailing blades —stretched across Northern California’s coastline in dense tangles.
    Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
  • Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen rounded out the podium after a tangle of their own, marking the Briton’s highest finish for Ferrari and the Dutchman’s first podium of the season.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The plants may have to be removed and monitoring traps may be placed in the area.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
  • Sinner with his changes of direction that turned neutral rallies into traps.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Discover the labyrinth, a quiet space dedicated to meditation and mindfulness.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • The hotel comprises a labyrinth of historic and contemporary buildings, connected by leafy tropical gardens.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • Its partner-rival OpenAI has had plans to combine its ChatGPT app and its Codex coding tool with its web browser into a single destination.
    Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Now, satellite images reviewed by Reuters show Beijing is building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communications nodes near the isolated nuclear silos that hold the Chinese military’s longest-range missiles.
    Reuters, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Historically, the back office of healthcare has been a complex choreography of coverage rules, eligibility checks, prior authorizations, discounts and payments, as well as a maze of manual processes, proprietary systems and fragmented stakeholders.
    Bill Oldham, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • While untreated cockroaches tended to stay in sections containing food, cyborg cockroaches equipped with the ISC platform were able to continue navigating through the entire maze, demonstrating the system’s ability to guide movement without overriding the insects’ natural behavior.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026

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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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