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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
interlaced strands of her hair for a new look
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as in to combine
to scatter or set here and there among other things
interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech
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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass
I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what
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Recent Examples of interlace
With a fiercely exquisite hand, Hung interlaces the rich tapestry of Taiwanese history with haunting meditations on gender and state violence.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The most obvious forerunner is Video Quartet, a 2002 work in which four screens show four videos simultaneously, each constructed from myriad film clips, all synced in a way that interlaces their soundtracks into a musical composition.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Densely Packed: The 3D cell architecture orients and interlaces a cathode, 100 percent silicon anode, and ceramic separator in a thin (1 millimeter) flat plane, which significantly improves energy density and safety.
—Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
The series takes its time to interlace all these threads.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The most obvious forerunner is Video Quartet, a 2002 work in which four screens show four videos simultaneously, each constructed from myriad film clips, all synced in a way that interlaces their soundtracks into a musical composition.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Densely Packed: The 3D cell architecture orients and interlaces a cathode, 100 percent silicon anode, and ceramic separator in a thin (1 millimeter) flat plane, which significantly improves energy density and safety.
—Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
The series takes its time to interlace all these threads.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlace
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Gran Sasso National Park has trails that weave through medieval villages, crumbling castles, and valleys where wild horses still roam.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
23 July 2025
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These are pre-shrunk and woven from long-staple fibers for buttery softness.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
22 July 2025
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The heat index combines air temperature and relative humidity to measure what the heat feels like to the human body.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025
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Hayden combined to throw just four innings in his first two starts of the month, allowing eight runs, including five on six walks on July 3 against Lake County.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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After each player held serve, Shelton turned the tables by breaking Davidovich Fokina to knot the score at 5-5.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
27 July 2025
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His creations include a reversed denim jacket dismantled and reassembled; a fringe dress made from 18 black shirts knotted together; and a patchwork maxi dress made from six blue and black shirts, all selected and purchased from vendors.—
Ezreen Benissan,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Where things get tricky is the movies, which are interspersed throughout the franchise.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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The crack of gunfire interspersed by booms could be heard in the background.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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Outside, the service has to be constant and reliable, in the spirit of what RTD is hoping to provide with bus rapid transit on East Colfax, where buses will ride in a dedicated lane to keep from getting tangled up with other traffic.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
28 July 2025
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The long grass is bright green, with shrubs overgrown and tangled.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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Cut a pocket into each chicken breast by inserting the tip of a chef’s knife in the thickest part of the breast and cutting a horizontal slit 3/4 of the way through the breast.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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The Professional Identity Trap For senior leaders, professional identities often become so intertwined with their personal identity that the boundaries between the two blur beyond recognition.—
Lorraine Wiseman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Goddard's work is intertwined with NASA's science budget.—
Chad Kirchner,
ArsTechnica,
21 July 2025
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The Greenville chef suggests a light salting to help pull out moisture and intensify flavor and maintain the fruit’s crisp texture.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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That may be a false comparison, however, as many people salt meat during the cooking process, said Christopher Gardner, Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine at Stanford University in California who directs the Stanford Prevention Research Center’s Nutrition Studies Research Group.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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“Interlace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlace. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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