byzantine

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The winnowing of victims has been the result of byzantine legal procedures, strict vetting and tightened eligibility rules, which victims told ProPublica and the Inquirer took them by surprise.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Biotech research exists in its own byzantine world where scientific rigor marries startup energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

A key question facing the new oversight system is how it can overcome the byzantine dispersion of authority and tension between the different levels of government that beset the current system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

Musicians coped with a byzantine backstage area that felt like a cramped obstacle course, with percussion instruments piled in a corner.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024

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