as in weaves
to cause to twine about one another
the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower
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Recent Examples of implicates
All of this makes Unspeakable Things a particular type of #MeToo memoir, one in which the accuser implicates herself—not as complicit in any assault or harassment, but as fully human, and sometimes confounding even to herself.
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Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
The scheme has been under investigation since last June and also implicates the Palace of Versailles.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Feb. 2026
The investigation also implicates the brother of Israel’s Shin Bet chief, though he was not indicted.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
And the out of control fraud in your state also implicates election security.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
And what the Court was looking at was whether a soldier could essentially refuse to deploy during a foreign invasion, and that implicates some of the President’s most potent powers in the area of foreign relations.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
However, current vascular research, some of it cited by Michael Lebow, MD, implicates abnormal blood flow as an important factor in maintaining inflammation within the knee joint.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The 60-count indictment that actually implicates a lot of these people and the prosecution memo were not released.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
As divisions persist over whether the scandal implicates more Democrats or Republicans, the factual accounts of those directly involved, including Giuffre, are central to understanding any political or legal implications.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
The scheme has been under investigation since last June and also implicates the Palace of Versailles.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Feb. 2026
The investigation also implicates the brother of Israel’s Shin Bet chief, though he was not indicted.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
And the out of control fraud in your state also implicates election security.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
And what the Court was looking at was whether a soldier could essentially refuse to deploy during a foreign invasion, and that implicates some of the President’s most potent powers in the area of foreign relations.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
However, current vascular research, some of it cited by Michael Lebow, MD, implicates abnormal blood flow as an important factor in maintaining inflammation within the knee joint.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The 60-count indictment that actually implicates a lot of these people and the prosecution memo were not released.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
As divisions persist over whether the scandal implicates more Democrats or Republicans, the factual accounts of those directly involved, including Giuffre, are central to understanding any political or legal implications.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicates
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The plot weaves together elements of romance, family drama and feminist struggle against the backdrop of a space walk gone terribly awry.—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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This rom-com weaves 1990s office culture into its fashion narrative.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Throughout, Tallent intertwines the sport’s esoteric lingo through his characters’ emotions, finding connections between the jargon and their own experiences and feelings.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
20 Jan. 2026
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Preparing practice and game plans, as well as scouting opponents, intertwines with being joined at the hip with Ball as much as possible.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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