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labyrinth

noun

ˈla-bə-ˌrin(t)th

Definition of labyrinth

as in maze

a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum

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Recent Examples of labyrinth Carmen receives them with love and displays them in that labyrinth of Cuban-ness, as colorful and sometimes as moving as the nation’s history and its exile. — Sarah Moreno august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 For its part, the Westmoreland Museum of Art utilized its partnership with Art Bridges to develop the Art Maze, an interactive installation that transformed the museum’s Cantilever Galleries into a navigable labyrinth painted by local artists. — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026 Nor must Morocco contend with California’s labyrinth of zoning, lawsuits, and YIMBY-NIMBY politics. — Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 It’s written on a stone plinth at the base of one of the labyrinth’s dense trees. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for labyrinth

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Specialized teams are now leading the search for 933 workers who remain unaccounted for and could be trapped alive in the maze-like network.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
His son Jack, who had attended the event in California, was instrumental in making these mazes happen, Universal officials have said.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

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