entanglement
Americannoun
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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.
Other Word Forms
- interentanglement noun
Etymology
Origin of entanglement
Example Sentences
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That discovery leads Mr. Lemann to ponder his family’s entanglement with slavery and its role in buttressing the Lemann fortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
After the brief romantic entanglement, female 1H1 settled down with male 374 and they became the second pair of breeding ospreys in southern England since 1847.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The findings, published in Nature Communications, show that measuring the OAM of two entangled photons reveals an intrinsic topology, a fundamental feature of the entanglement itself.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Summers, until his entanglement in the Epstein scandal came to light, was among the nation’s most influential economists.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Elizebeth was still wary of entanglement, but sparks began to fly between them—a “Flame which we kindled together.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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