byzantine
Example Sentences
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Ashton said he gave up after hiring two architects and spending more than $20,000 on a byzantine permitting process that, he believed, held his business to an unfair standard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
But the particularities of the sport outside its elegant, digestible, quadrennial national context were always too byzantine to wrap my head around.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
What happened on May 11 reflects one tribe’s decadeslong navigation of the byzantine bureaucracy in Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
At the same time, many owners of homes and businesses that burned down are more focused on navigating the byzantine rebuilding process and trying to sell their lots than on maintaining their properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
A byzantine labyrinth of rules and regulations, he said, that he was supposed to enforce “sitting in a bar all night long, which I hated.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
