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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This is a drama of the entanglement of two couples from disparate classes—evident enough from Sang-woo’s Porsche—told with unrelenting attentiveness across more than 2 1/2 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Despite the entanglement," the service added, "the dolphin was able to breathe and swim strongly, moving up and down the river and actively avoiding vessels nearby."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“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
Quantum entanglement captures one of the strangest differences between everyday physics and the quantum world.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
And there would be no peace and the people would have no rest until the entanglement had been unwound to the source.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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
“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
As one might expect, there are some messy entanglements within and outside the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
It also laid bare new details of its operations, as well as elements of Altman and Brockman’s entanglements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Oppenheimer’s exposure to the high-level deliberations in Schenectady impressed upon him, more directly than Lawrence’s scolding, the wisdom of shedding his political entanglements.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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