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
There is no evidence that implicates them in any way.
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Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
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Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
Past traumas and current abuses culminate in a sudden death that implicates five women in the community, played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Feb. 2026
The investigation also implicates the brother of Israel’s Shin Bet chief, though he was not indicted.
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Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
And the out of control fraud in your state also implicates election security.
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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.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
Past traumas and current abuses culminate in a sudden death that implicates five women in the community, played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicates
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Father Joseph Balikuddembe, a young priest, weaves down the aisle for communion, depositing wafers on the nuns' lips.
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Created in collaboration with Misfit House founder Monica Stewart and Sun House Children’s clothing designer Hollis McFadden, Tassel House Textiles weaves together nature motifs and historical palettes for a collection that adds instant patina.
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The second chapter intertwines misfortune and impasses.
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Del Toro intertwines her magical quests with the real-world underground struggle of the Spanish Republicans, suggesting — as in much of his work — that imagination is a form of resistance.
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“Implicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicates. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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