as in to connect
to fit (two or more things) together securely
She interlocked her fingers with his.
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Recent Examples of interlock
The Cartier Trinity bangle, featuring three interlocking bands of 18-karat yellow, white and rose gold, which Moore wore constantly, is now available through M.S. Rau in New Orleans for $29,850.
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Shadows disappear into the interlocking arms of lifeless conifers at the far end of my garden.
—Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Josh brought back the interlocking O and S on the team’s caps and restored the team’s old-school jerseys.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Even for someone like Trump, who excoriated his predecessors for becoming mired in conflicts in the region and made lofty promises about pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the region's interlocking conflicts have proven difficult to ignore, to say nothing of global energy markets.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Shadows disappear into the interlocking arms of lifeless conifers at the far end of my garden.
—Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Josh brought back the interlocking O and S on the team’s caps and restored the team’s old-school jerseys.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Even for someone like Trump, who excoriated his predecessors for becoming mired in conflicts in the region and made lofty promises about pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the region's interlocking conflicts have proven difficult to ignore, to say nothing of global energy markets.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlock
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The victims were connected to the shooter — Combs is the sister of the mother of House’s children, and Gumm is their mother.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Featuring dozens of speakers, the event seeks to connect thousands of attendees from different industries and levels of experience with technology professionals.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
14 July 2025
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Also, a new RiverWalk connection piece will link onto the dog park.—
Sofia Joseph,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Neeson hasn’t been romantically linked, at least publicly, to anyone since the death of his wife, Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2025
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The actress, who welcomed her first child in July 2024, was joined by Tucker, 29, for the occasion, along with close friends Alexander Ludwig and his wife Lauren Ludwig, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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He’s been magnificent for us for as long as he’s joined.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Li Kun, a resident in Beijing eyeing a model by Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, said he was immediately hooked after a salesperson called him about new subsidies.—
Elaine Yu,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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Once Gorges learned about this botanical feat, she was hooked.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
17 July 2025
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Stir in beans, broth, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire, mustard, vinegar, and reserved sausage until well combined.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
28 July 2025
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When deaths from heat and cold are combined, Europe has close to 50 times as many deaths as the U.S. — as many as 250,000 to 500,000 more deaths every year.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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Democrats said the incident dovetailed with Trump’s heavy-handed approach to immigration enforcement.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2025
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But the movie’s verité style of thumbnail portraiture doesn’t always dovetail neatly with the other elements: the unloading of facts, getting those drone shots in and projecting a thriller-like atmosphere.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The marks a shift in extending the application of AI beyond technical domains to help workers integrate AI in their team.—
Jeanne Meister,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Google Photos, which is integrated with virtually every Android phone on the market, is also getting AI video-generation capabilities.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 July 2025
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The group is closely intermeshed with the Taliban and its leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, was appointed as a deputy in the Taliban back in 2015.—
Zachary Halaschak,
Washington Examiner,
15 May 2020
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China and Japan are also both set to take financial hits from the virus, which has disrupted their intermeshed manufacturing and battered tourism.—
Isabel Reynolds,
Bloomberg.com,
5 May 2020
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“Interlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlock. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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