byzantine

Example Sentences

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Nia can talk for more than five minutes explaining the byzantine narrative she has constructed for the haunt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

She ran up against a byzantine system of confidential databases and inconsistent data entry processes that left her with few answers as to why the restraining order was not enforced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 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