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as in weaved
to cause to twine about one another
interlaced strands of her hair for a new look
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as in interspersed
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 knotted
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 interlaced
Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
According to rule 8 of the Olympic Charter, the five interlaced rings of the Olympic symbol represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes at the games.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
Think of basketry and fish traps, interlaced houses, and freedom.
—airmail.news, 27 July 2024
The interlaced electrode design maximizes the interface and hence the capacitance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2015
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Verb
In a post that interlaced text with clips of Pintauro in a hospital gown, sometimes with an intubation tube, Pintauro shared he had been diagnosed with a bloodstream infection resulting from a tear in his stomach lining.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
According to rule 8 of the Olympic Charter, the five interlaced rings of the Olympic symbol represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes at the games.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
Think of basketry and fish traps, interlaced houses, and freedom.
—airmail.news, 27 July 2024
The interlaced electrode design maximizes the interface and hence the capacitance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlaced
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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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Orlando knotted the match later in the second half when Pride forward Aly Watt got on the end of service from the right flank.—
Mercury News staff,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Meeting this need will require integrated planning, since bottlenecks in one area can hold back progress in others.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The autonomous diving robot uses an integrated AI system with ultrasound and cameras to detect underwater litter.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gurich grabbed a hold of Thimmhardy’s left wrist with his left hand and twisted her wrist behind her back before grabbing the woman’s shirt with his right hand and continued pushing her with her wrist in a control hold, according to the complaint.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The sisal ropes twisted across the legs add a touch of both functionality and beauty to the timeless.—
Elissa Suh,
Architectural Digest,
17 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
Adjective
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Set in a downtown Mexico City backstreet whose inhabitants’ lives are closely interwoven, the film is split into four clear parts.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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Watch Thelma on Hulu Kinds of Kindness Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dark dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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At Campillo, mid-blue denim was braided into exquisitely relaxed shirting.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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In other looks, pearls and cowrie shells were braided into the models’s textures.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 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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“Interlaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlaced. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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