1
as in weaving
to cause to twine about one another
interlaced strands of her hair for a new look
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as in combining
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 knotting
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 interlacing
Francella shape-shifts in the film from international film director to street dollar-seller to billionaire, the portraits interlacing into a brisk mosaic of contemporary Argentina.
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Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
There, her features flashed with high-beam brilliance, whether sitting in the solo hot seat or interlacing with Garcia in a duet.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
There, her features flashed with high-beam brilliance, whether sitting in the solo hot seat or interlacing with Garcia in a duet.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlacing
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Boldly returned for the second period with an exclamation point, setting up Minnesota’s tying goal by weaving around four Dallas challengers, and pulling Oettinger outside the crease, before passing to Eriksson Ek, who had an open net to hit for his third goal of the playoffs.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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Oliva also made sure the final look never drifted too far from Taylor’s identity, weaving in subtle elements that kept it grounded in the present.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Ultra Maritime’s layered torpedo defense concept represents a decisive step forward, combining cutting-edge technologies into a unified and resilient protection framework.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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Naomi Watts is set to deliver one of the most transformative performances of her career, combining emotional intensity with the physicality of dance.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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In the '90s, braiders primarily used synthetic hair, mainly because that’s what was widely available, but which came with its fair share of knotting and matting.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Tigers erased an 11-point halftime deficit in the third quarter, knotting the contest at 33-33 before running out of gas — just as Bama was mashing the pedal to the floor.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Use water or a hydrating leave-in spray to prep the hair first, making sure to work the product into your new growth before adding a curl cream or edge control to begin twisting.—
Danielle James,
Allure,
22 Apr. 2026
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Pull them straight out rather than twisting or forcing them.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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With eight minutes left in the contest, Kempe bonked Cale Makar in the back of the head, then went to the box for mixing it up with captain Gabe Landeskog, who came to Makar’s defense, shortly thereafter.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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And really got to that and did a nice job of mixing the four-seamer, the two-seamer.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Its hot water wash dissolves stubborn grease on the mop pads, while its specialized Curv design prevents long hair from tangling around the brushes.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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The instinctive Moon opposes jovial Jupiter, tangling your 10th House of Ambition with your 4th House of Comfort.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2026
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Cora made lineup changes Monday, moving Trevor Story down to the five-hole and inserting Masataka Yoshida into the two-hole.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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But humans have a long habit of inserting their own feelings into the story of the dinosaurs.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Amid social turmoil, three intertwining tales of disillusioned misfits collide under the machinations of an all-seeing institution.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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The story is something of a palimpsest, with Romvari’s own perspective intertwining with the character’s and conveying a sense of being both inside and outside the action.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Interlacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlacing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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