byzantine
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The layout is byzantine in part because Paramount bought the former rival RKO studio lot from Desilu Productions to create the lot known today.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Biotech research exists in its own byzantine world where scientific rigor marries startup energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
Zar, who has spent more than a decade serving on and founding volunteer organizations and task forces in Pacific Palisades, said she was well accustomed to byzantine government processes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
But the insider experience at Lumon is byzantine in other ways.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
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
