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
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
In its whimsically byzantine rules, the king of hearts is dubbed Heart the Lover, and the game’s secret language accompanies the trio through their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
