byzantine
Example Sentences
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Citizens who aren’t likely to notice when their local newspaper becomes a bit more bare-bones, or that the already byzantine healthcare system becomes slightly harder to navigate, will definitely notice when their lunch gets worse.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 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
Volkswagen’s byzantine corporate structure, with 1,500 entities and 12 core brands, adds another layer of cost and complexity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
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
