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
His prosecution implicates societal interests of the highest order.
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ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
There is no connection too far-fetched to consider as exemplified by Owens proposing that the presence of an Egyptian plane in Utah implicates foreign leaders.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The case also implicates broader battles over independence within the federal bureaucracy.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The film opens with Ash facilitating the stealth exchange of sensitive documents between a man named Hoffman (played by Matthew Maher) and an executive (Victor Garber) at his former place of work, Optimo Pharmaceutical, that implicates the company in fraud.
—EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As a leading English-language news platform, choosing to omit this story from the front pages of your publication implicates you in the mass deaths of Palestinians in Gaza, who are now entering their 22nd month of unrelenting attacks.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
The incarcerated penguin thief finds a way to reprogram Wallace's robotic garden gnome and send it on a crime spree that implicates the oddball inventor.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The trial also implicates 11 other defendants, including former ministers and intermediaries accused of facilitating illicit financial transactions.
—Natalie Venegas, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Unlike the 2nd Amendment case heard by the Hawaii Supreme Court, the Honolulu case implicates significant federal concerns; permitting the case to proceed under state law would effectively allow Honolulu to regulate emissions and conduct across in every other state in the country.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
There is no connection too far-fetched to consider as exemplified by Owens proposing that the presence of an Egyptian plane in Utah implicates foreign leaders.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The case also implicates broader battles over independence within the federal bureaucracy.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The film opens with Ash facilitating the stealth exchange of sensitive documents between a man named Hoffman (played by Matthew Maher) and an executive (Victor Garber) at his former place of work, Optimo Pharmaceutical, that implicates the company in fraud.
—EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As a leading English-language news platform, choosing to omit this story from the front pages of your publication implicates you in the mass deaths of Palestinians in Gaza, who are now entering their 22nd month of unrelenting attacks.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
The incarcerated penguin thief finds a way to reprogram Wallace's robotic garden gnome and send it on a crime spree that implicates the oddball inventor.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The trial also implicates 11 other defendants, including former ministers and intermediaries accused of facilitating illicit financial transactions.
—Natalie Venegas, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Unlike the 2nd Amendment case heard by the Hawaii Supreme Court, the Honolulu case implicates significant federal concerns; permitting the case to proceed under state law would effectively allow Honolulu to regulate emissions and conduct across in every other state in the country.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicates
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Aster weaves an inescapable nightmare out of sunshine, blindingly white fabrics, and garlands of flowers.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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His work weaves together science, ancient training and healing systems, and the fighting arts to examine how systems — whether human bodies or family enterprises — fracture under pressure or transform because of it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit also intertwines recent university and state government decisions that, the complaint alleges, have created an environment keen to clamp down on freedom of speech and the press.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
30 Oct. 2025
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The plot intertwines fears of the climate crisis and a strange reunion with her mother, who abandoned her long ago.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Implicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicates. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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