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as in tangle
something that catches and holds
advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible
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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass
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Recent Examples of morass
Our digital landscape has become a morass of text — often without depth or purpose.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
This unholy morass of statutes, regulations, and court rulings creates confusion and uncertainty for tens of millions of student borrowers.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The manuals of government departments provide intricate guidelines and procedures, totaling an intimidating morass of rules—guidebooks that the bureaucracy can use to justify its actions, or lack thereof.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
While there may be a role for insurance, the sheer number of insurance products available today often creates more confusion than clarity for Americans, forcing them to wade through the morass of fine print that can be purposely misleading and sometimes fraudulent.
—Renee Hsia, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
This unholy morass of statutes, regulations, and court rulings creates confusion and uncertainty for tens of millions of student borrowers.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The manuals of government departments provide intricate guidelines and procedures, totaling an intimidating morass of rules—guidebooks that the bureaucracy can use to justify its actions, or lack thereof.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
While there may be a role for insurance, the sheer number of insurance products available today often creates more confusion than clarity for Americans, forcing them to wade through the morass of fine print that can be purposely misleading and sometimes fraudulent.
—Renee Hsia, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
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Soon enough, this tangle of typical teenage troubles butts up against a sinister alternate universe, the Upside Down.—
Sarah Bahr,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The rubber brushes prevent tangles making long term clean up even easier.—
Carlos Mejia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The marshes were drained, in stages, between 1829 and the 1950s, but this remained a remote, sparsely populated place of scattered villages, boar hunting, and driftwood beaches.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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The loss of these freshwater marshes reduces the capacity of the Everglades to remove phosphorus from the water.—
John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
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Man traps woman in car for days: Police A Hawaii man was arrested for allegedly trapping an elderly woman in her car for several days and later forcing her to withdraw money from her bank account, according to the Honolulu Police Department.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2025
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In one scene from their lives, a bear trap is intentionally left for Benjy to wander into it.—
Justin Porter,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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In fact, this is what drawing the swamp actually looks like.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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From the murky swamp to the kingdom of Duloc, Shrek has captured hearts with its wit, adventures and hilarious dialogue.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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For his part, Trump seems utterly undeterred by this political quagmire.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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But Trump administration officials have touted the president’s proposal as an out-of-the-box suggestion to address a decades-long quagmire.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
11 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: About half of the property has wetlands and ponds, which is where the park portion will go.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Oil-and-gas canals crisscross its wetlands, exacerbating seawater destruction of marsh vegetation.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the United States alone, navigating the labyrinth of healthcare administrative tasks costs up to $265 billion annually, according to a 2023 McKinsey analysis.—
Jacob Miller,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The 100-acre resort has a 45,000-square-foot waterpark with a labyrinth of waterslides.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Lawsuits piling up from unions and states underscore the legal quicksand Musk has stepped into. California cannot afford such recklessness.—
Zac Townsend,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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