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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
interlaced strands of her hair for a new look
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2
as in to combine
to scatter or set here and there among other things
interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech
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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass
I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what
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Recent Examples of interlace
Participants, now paired up, gripped hands with their partners, fingers interlaced, gazing into one another’s eyes.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Chest opener Stand upright and bring your hands behind your back, fingers interlaced.
—Claudia Herwig, Glamour, 20 May 2025
With a fiercely exquisite hand, Hung interlaces the rich tapestry of Taiwanese history with haunting meditations on gender and state violence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The most obvious forerunner is Video Quartet, a 2002 work in which four screens show four videos simultaneously, each constructed from myriad film clips, all synced in a way that interlaces their soundtracks into a musical composition.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Chest opener Stand upright and bring your hands behind your back, fingers interlaced.
—Claudia Herwig, Glamour, 20 May 2025
With a fiercely exquisite hand, Hung interlaces the rich tapestry of Taiwanese history with haunting meditations on gender and state violence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The most obvious forerunner is Video Quartet, a 2002 work in which four screens show four videos simultaneously, each constructed from myriad film clips, all synced in a way that interlaces their soundtracks into a musical composition.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlace
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Aliée Istanbul All of the hotels bordering the Bosphorus have an impressive view of the boats weaving through the river’s currents and the Asian half of Istanbul on the other side.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Our Top Picks for the Best Bedroom Rugs Solid rugs can bring a pop of color into your bedroom and weave in texture at the same time.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The country now surpasses the cocaine production of South American countries Peru and Bolivia combined.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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But evidently these stories have stuck with me, too, achingly knotted into the threads holding my heart together.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The gray pinstriped power suit was reinvented by twisting and knotting the jacket exposing the midriff.—
Blue Carreon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Instead, scenes of life at the nunnery are interspersed with childhood memories, usually involving her mother assisting people in need or her classmates mistreating vulnerable children.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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His entry covered 10 pages in total of the book, a storybook tale of their friendship interspersed with photographs.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a veteran tangled haplessly up in good intentions and a life of petty crime.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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He got tangled up in a rundown with two other future Hall of Famers, George Kell and Luis Aparicio.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, China isn’t going away, and our economies are deeply, deeply intertwined.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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This ethical imperative for responsible speech is deeply intertwined with a centuries-old commitment to social justice.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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On the simpler side was the bread and butter ($10), which pairs four ultra-fluffy Japanese milk bread rolls topped with furikake and salted butter for a mouthwatering carb fix.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The lamb is delivered whole, broken down by Jackman, then salted, smoked, and braised.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Interlace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlace. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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