as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets
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Recent Examples of meshed
This solution is a clunky eyesore; resembling a cushion, gym mat and tarp meshed into one.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
The potatoes had just the right creaminess, which meshed well with the braise.
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Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
My trusty spreadsheet looked back to 1990 to see how annual swings in the 30-year mortgage rate, as tracked by Freddie Mac, meshed with home-price indexes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and job counts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
Russia’s counterinsurgency tactics, effective when used with the backing of the full Russian military, also haven’t meshed well with the central Sahel states.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
The two elements meshed during the filming of the series finale of Fox’s rollicking family comedy in 2006.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Now White's the headline, singing his own style of music with rock, country and R&B meshed together.
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Tony Peterson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
According to Drake, those experiences also gave him an insider’s perspective on how the cruise and travel industries operate behind the scenes, and that experience, meshed with his humor, is the foundation for his unique podcast.
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Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
That meshed with decades of observations that the shot prevents a smattering of other diseases.
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Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
The potatoes had just the right creaminess, which meshed well with the braise.
—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
My trusty spreadsheet looked back to 1990 to see how annual swings in the 30-year mortgage rate, as tracked by Freddie Mac, meshed with home-price indexes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and job counts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
Russia’s counterinsurgency tactics, effective when used with the backing of the full Russian military, also haven’t meshed well with the central Sahel states.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
The two elements meshed during the filming of the series finale of Fox’s rollicking family comedy in 2006.
—
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Now White's the headline, singing his own style of music with rock, country and R&B meshed together.
—
Tony Peterson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
According to Drake, those experiences also gave him an insider’s perspective on how the cruise and travel industries operate behind the scenes, and that experience, meshed with his humor, is the foundation for his unique podcast.
—
Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
That meshed with decades of observations that the shot prevents a smattering of other diseases.
—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshed
Verb
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It was lost to a natural disaster and then became trapped in a system that increasingly treats health care infrastructure as a financial asset rather than a public necessity.
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The raw materials required, like bismuth and tellurium, are rare, expensive, and trapped in chaotic global supply chains.
Verb
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However long and tangled her rap sheet, Sugar sees her illuminatory potential through the grime and shadows of an unforgiving film-noir cityscape.
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Think pixelated logos, websites untouched since the AOL era and brand architectures so tangled by years of acquisitions and restructuring that even the founders can’t map them cleanly.
Verb
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Stocks of companies enmeshed in the artificial-intelligence industry also jumped.
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Nevertheless, Christianity was enmeshed in public life.
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“Meshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshed. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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