variants
also immeshes
as in entraps
to catch or hold as if in a net
soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmeshes
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Both reject the compound interest trap that ensnares millions in traditional credit products.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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At the top of that list is a hyaluronic acid serum that traps moisture and leaves my skin noticeably plump and dewy.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The freezing rain then traps lichen under a thick layer of ice where hungry reindeer can’t reach the food, according to Anna Skarin, a reindeer husbandry expert and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences professor.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Initially dismissed as an accident, Charles, Oliver and Mabel dive headfirst into the investigation, uncovering a sprawling conspiracy that stretches beyond the building’s walls and entangles New York’s old mob families with its newest billionaires.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Recognize how your energy entangles with your team, and create field conditions for inevitable success.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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More to Explore Another influence on Mustapha and his students is modern geometry, a field that meshes well with the Islamic mathematics that help inform traditional calligraphy.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Sep. 2025
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That actually meshes with questions the musical raises about how far people would go to survive and save their own lives, or the life of another.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Reviewing commercial agreements involves extracting legal clauses, assessing risk, comparing versions and drafting summaries (a task far too nuanced and layered for a single prompt or monolithic LLM call).—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In Belly’s case, making the Paris decision—let alone the decision of which brother to be with—involves critical-thinking skills and a sense of self, neither of which is a trivial quality.—
Greta Rainbow,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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For Kappahl, Hedin continued, staying within a consistent style—rather than trend chasing—nets a greater intersectional gain.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nothing that nets to any new hirings given the federal government wipeout, the decline and fall of Biden’s pet projects, and the creation of meager health-care jobs and some small AI data center construction.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Enmeshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmeshes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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