as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower
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Recent Examples of implicate
Washington — who also has said he was beaten by Kato and Summerville — implicated Murray as the getaway driver.
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
But when reports appear in the paper implicating Lizzy in an affair, Nan is distraught and recruits her mom, Patricia St. George (Christina Hendricks) for help.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In addition to McGann’s comments implicating himself, police matched his DNA to material found at the scene.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
While being questioned by authorities, Pierce implicated three of his friends: Forrest Welborn, Robert Springsteen, and Michael Scott, all of whom were under the age of 18 at the time.
—EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
But when reports appear in the paper implicating Lizzy in an affair, Nan is distraught and recruits her mom, Patricia St. George (Christina Hendricks) for help.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In addition to McGann’s comments implicating himself, police matched his DNA to material found at the scene.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
While being questioned by authorities, Pierce implicated three of his friends: Forrest Welborn, Robert Springsteen, and Michael Scott, all of whom were under the age of 18 at the time.
—EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicate
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The last time might have been in a regional nightclub in the mid aughts, or weaving through a busy high street.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2025
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Now, with just a few months’ notice, staff are dismantling a 30-year program carefully woven into the city’s social safety net.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The fight became intertwined with pushes to increase public education funding and teacher pay.—
Eleanor Dearman
Updated August 15,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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But today’s disruptions are more complex, more intertwined—and far more urgent—than anything seen before.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The tracks led north and east now, angling and twisting through the timber, across ravines and small draws, avoiding parks and passes, heading generally into the wind.—
Fred C. Mercer,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
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Jeju Island, meanwhile, serves volcanic beauty—with its twisting lava tubes, Hallasan’s crater trails, and waterfalls tumbling into emerald pools.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Toomer’s Drugs, Auburn University, and the Auburn Tigers football team have been entwined since the very beginning—far before the tradition of rolling the trees at Toomer’s Corner began in the 1960s.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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Much of the business is already deeply entwined with financial backers, many of whom, given the global reach of private equity, have investments that activists now consider targets.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Implicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicate. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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