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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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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
With a fiercely exquisite hand, Hung interlaces the rich tapestry of Taiwanese history with haunting meditations on gender and state violence.
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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
Densely Packed: The 3D cell architecture orients and interlaces a cathode, 100 percent silicon anode, and ceramic separator in a thin (1 millimeter) flat plane, which significantly improves energy density and safety.
—Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
The series takes its time to interlace all these threads.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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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
Densely Packed: The 3D cell architecture orients and interlaces a cathode, 100 percent silicon anode, and ceramic separator in a thin (1 millimeter) flat plane, which significantly improves energy density and safety.
—Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
The series takes its time to interlace all these threads.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlace
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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 bombs, combined with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on Aug. 9, precipitated Japan’s surrender on Aug. 15, finally ending the deadliest war in human history.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Aug. 2025
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Colossal losses at its streaming division combined with a string of costly box office duds led to Disney’s stock price crashing to an almost 10-year low of $81.72 in April this year.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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However, a denim shirt knotted around the hips gives the look a special twist.—
Emma Mehl,
Glamour,
29 July 2025
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With the Yankees and Red Sox knotted up, the rivals will look to settle their first series of the season on Sunday Night Baseball.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The moments of joy and lightness are interspersed with shots of Williams in deep contemplation.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Korean language is interspersed throughout the duology.—
Elaine U. Cho
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Netflix's The Sandman has love stories that are tangled, tragic and anything but ordinary — a stark contrast to the cast's real-life romances.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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And like so many New Orleans institutions, its story is tangled up with the history of the city, the music, the literature, and—of course—the drinks.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Trump is even inserting himself peronally in the narrative now, accusing JPMorgan Chase of dumping him as a customer following his first term in office.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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These systems also enforce best practices by inserting up-to-date clauses around borrower accountability, citizenship status and financial covenants.—
Adam Craig,
Forbes.com,
6 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 body, researchers have found, is filled with sensors that feed clues to the brain about how much water or salt an organism needs to consume.—
Dan Samorodnitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
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These roads aren't salted, citing environmental concerns, and they're plowed last after major thoroughfares and their connectors.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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“Interlace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlace. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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