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
Nike on Monday revealed a new logo of interlocking Cs to represent the Indiana Fever player.
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Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Clark and Nike dropped her new logo, which is a pair of interlocking C’s, just now.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
The interlocking design on the back also adds a cool pop of style in the yoga studio.
—Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
At the center of the jersey — the heart of the design — interlocking geometric shapes form the city’s name – 'OKC’.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Clark and Nike dropped her new logo, which is a pair of interlocking C’s, just now.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
The interlocking design on the back also adds a cool pop of style in the yoga studio.
—Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
At the center of the jersey — the heart of the design — interlocking geometric shapes form the city’s name – 'OKC’.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlock
Verb
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CitizenShipper connects pet owners with drivers who specialize in transporting animals.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The fourth episode depicts him as a negligent and emotionally abusive lover to Satan, further connecting him to the show’s previous portrayals of Saddam Hussein.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead of including a real image, the email linked to malware capable of extracting data from recipients’ devices, according to Genians.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Are the stories in the book linked in any way?—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, it was reported that Indian troops had joined a military drill with Russian and Belarusian forces near Minsk, days after Russian drones entered Polish and Romanian airspace.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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In doing so Story joined an exclusive club and now has a chance to set MLB history.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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In 1986, Top Gun hit theaters, and like a lot of people my age, I was hooked.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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From the first notes of the theme song—thank you for being a friend—the girl is hooked.—
Beth Nguyen,
Time,
13 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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Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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During a familiarly frenetic summer of incomings and outgoings (hat tip Strasbourg) at Chelsea, new recruit Joao Pedro has made a dream start to life in West London, already dovetailing well with compatriot and teenage star Estevao.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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There’s some good advice on how to integrate the Infinity Stones into tabletop stories.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Grok is what happens when a mercurical man of tremendous wealth and influence builds one of the world’s most powerful AI models and then integrates it into a major social-media platform that has become, under his direction, a hub for white supremacy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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