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
The builders who will define the next decade are not those who merely navigate the existing labyrinth, but those who possess the insight and resolve to architect its successor.
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Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Turned to music, his body emerges from the ditch and now the dust is beautiful, a labyrinth of intersecting crossroads.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Currently, the inside of the old building has been turned from a blank slate to a labyrinth of framing for apartments, storage rooms, the electrical room, closets and bathrooms, studios and bedrooms.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
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Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Turned to music, his body emerges from the ditch and now the dust is beautiful, a labyrinth of intersecting crossroads.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Currently, the inside of the old building has been turned from a blank slate to a labyrinth of framing for apartments, storage rooms, the electrical room, closets and bathrooms, studios and bedrooms.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labyrinth
maze
Noun
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But all those columns turning the platforms into mazes?—
Robert Yaro,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Get creative by creating a marble maze and building a one-of-a-kind contraption with cardboard.—
Elena Donovan Mauer,
Parents,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Labyrinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinth. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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