entanglement
Americannoun
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entanglements
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the act of entangling.
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the state of being entangled.
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something that entangles; snare; involvement; complication.
noun
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something that entangles or is itself entangled
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a sexual relationship regarded as unfortunate, damaging, or compromising
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“Because of this entanglement, this whale is not able to move freely,” Harbor Breeze Cruises posted along with a video of the whale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Albert Einstein famously called entanglement "spooky action at a distance," and scientists have previously observed the effect in systems involving photons, electrons and trapped ions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
What remained less clear was whether entanglement could survive under far more extreme conditions, including the violent, high-energy particle collisions produced at CERN.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Court documents lay out the entanglement between Owens and Echard in vivid detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Flames and rods and tubes and circles, not to say ordinary bulbous bulbs of every size and wattage and color, dangled like fruit from an ecstatic entanglement of wire vines.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Not all businesses that rely on actual people moving through their interfaces will stand united against agents, either, especially when they have their own web of entanglements with the biggest A.I. companies.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
When the Cold War ended, a reunified Germany focused on making money and avoiding military entanglements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“People are right to think about conflicts of interest and not being involved in commercial entanglements with the labs,” Purser said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Vessel strikes and entanglements are leading causes of whale deaths, according to advocacy groups and government trackers worldwide.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Therefore, while Jefferson could talk with genuine conviction about American neutrality and the need to remain free of European entanglements, thereby sounding much like Washington, his version of American neutrality was decidedly different.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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