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as in intertwined
to cause to twine about one another
marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis
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as in coiled
to follow a circular or spiral course
the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post
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Recent Examples of entwined
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
From unspoken racial dynamics, like Sid rejecting Tia in favor of her white friends, to the economic worries that become entwined with her self-image, Sid’s precarious new social position rests on a knife’s edge.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Yet if struggle has been a feature of Newcastle’s and Gordon’s entwined existence, then another way of looking at it is that the struggle continues.
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George Caulkin,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
In the photo, the couple lay entwined on a fancy carpet, wearing dinner attire, in a posh San Francisco home owned by the oil rich Getty family with a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean visible behind them.
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Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
The spacecraft saw an arching filament made from entwined magnetic fields carrying plasma and connected to a cross-shaped region of magnetic activity laced with more magnetic field lines.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
The Chinese and American economies are infinitely more entwined than the separate worlds of Soviet communism and the free world were during the Cold War.
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Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
Providing Essential Third Places After the early 2000s, coffee culture and café culture became more entwined and influenced broader trends, with platforms like Instagram giving new reasons to show off an aesthetically pleasing café or cheerful latte art.
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Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
Launching on 16th October, 2025, the bubblegum pink sculpture features two entwined tongues, forming a surreal, dancing figure at the entrance of the iconic Brutalist gallery.
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Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Fred Backus,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Rubio has tried to separate the Israel-Lebanon talks from the US-Iran negotiations, even as Iran has repeatedly insisted that the issues are entwined.
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Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
The story of Nott Cott is entwined with the story of Kensington Palace itself.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
Because of all that’s at stake, though, something else is entwined with the honor and responsibility of hosting.
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Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
As such, his life was the object of enduring fascination and close scrutiny, in no small part because the life was so entwined with the work.
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Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Newlyweds Tito Avalos, 26, and Andrea Avalos, 24, who were visiting from El Salvador, tied their wishes to a tree together, their wrists entwined and fingers clasped.
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Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
And the new architecture is entwined with an intricate and antique web of regional train lines.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
Zidane and Ronaldo, whose fortunes had been entwined in such contrasting ways back in the 1998 World Cup final, met again.
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Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
However, as Bitcoin and crypto have become more firmly embedded in the financial sector, Goldman has become more entwined with crypto.
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Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
From unspoken racial dynamics, like Sid rejecting Tia in favor of her white friends, to the economic worries that become entwined with her self-image, Sid’s precarious new social position rests on a knife’s edge.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Yet if struggle has been a feature of Newcastle’s and Gordon’s entwined existence, then another way of looking at it is that the struggle continues.
—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
In the photo, the couple lay entwined on a fancy carpet, wearing dinner attire, in a posh San Francisco home owned by the oil rich Getty family with a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean visible behind them.
—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
The spacecraft saw an arching filament made from entwined magnetic fields carrying plasma and connected to a cross-shaped region of magnetic activity laced with more magnetic field lines.
—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
The Chinese and American economies are infinitely more entwined than the separate worlds of Soviet communism and the free world were during the Cold War.
—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
Providing Essential Third Places After the early 2000s, coffee culture and café culture became more entwined and influenced broader trends, with platforms like Instagram giving new reasons to show off an aesthetically pleasing café or cheerful latte art.
—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
Launching on 16th October, 2025, the bubblegum pink sculpture features two entwined tongues, forming a surreal, dancing figure at the entrance of the iconic Brutalist gallery.
—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
And just as economic opportunities are entwined with our political history, they're seen today just as defining as democracy itself.
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Fred Backus,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Rubio has tried to separate the Israel-Lebanon talks from the US-Iran negotiations, even as Iran has repeatedly insisted that the issues are entwined.
—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
The story of Nott Cott is entwined with the story of Kensington Palace itself.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
Because of all that’s at stake, though, something else is entwined with the honor and responsibility of hosting.
—
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
As such, his life was the object of enduring fascination and close scrutiny, in no small part because the life was so entwined with the work.
—
Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Newlyweds Tito Avalos, 26, and Andrea Avalos, 24, who were visiting from El Salvador, tied their wishes to a tree together, their wrists entwined and fingers clasped.
—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
And the new architecture is entwined with an intricate and antique web of regional train lines.
—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
Zidane and Ronaldo, whose fortunes had been entwined in such contrasting ways back in the 1998 World Cup final, met again.
—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwined
Adjective
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Previously, there was about a 2-inch dropoff on either sideline behind the benches, which posed a risk of a twisted ankle if a player ran too far out of bounds.
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Deep in the 531,148-acre Nantahala National Forest stands a towering and twisted hemlock that appears to be dead, but is very much alive on the inside with a colony of bats.
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And at the same time, the business of persuasion is more intertwined with media than ever before – thanks in no small part to the enormous influence of creators.
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Yeah, they're kind of intertwined.
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These coiled, shelled relatives of squid and octopuses were abundant predators, hunting in the same waters as fish, turtles, sharks and extinct marine reptiles called plesiosaurs.
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Cottonmouths can be spotted swimming in the water, coiled on the bank, or in vegetation along the shore.
Adjective
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Bing Thomas had drawn this grid by hand, following each warped line with a slightly more warped line until the grid practically curled under itself.
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All of the gravitational wave signals scientists have seen so far—known as quasinormal modes—are produced after two black holes merge into a single larger one, and the warped spacetime around it settles.
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Quen Blackwell’s hair is braided and pulled into a delicate updo that adds volume and structure to her look.
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To have those two things braided together, the pain and then the relief.
Verb
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After long periods in their own half to start the match, Norway broke the deadlock with a strike from Antonio Nusa that curled into the far corner.
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That translated to a trail of smoke curled around notes of salt, neroli, ginger lily, and citrus.
Adjective
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Stafford explains that this gap helps keep the hoses from being crushed or kinked, which can lead to speedy wear and tear, leaks, and drainage issues.
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Twin brothers, these rapscallions can be told apart by Boris’s kinked tail and the colors of their collars.
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Ureña, a 22-year-old right-hander who has emerged as another potential ace, speaks of Soriano with a giddy amusement mixed with a solemn respect for how the starter has survived in the big leagues.
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The material has been designed as a partial replacement and can be mixed into standard concrete recipes to replace up to 30% of Portland cement.
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“Entwined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwined. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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