interpolates

verb

present tense third-person singular of interpolate
as in inserts
to put among or between others interpolated a new paragraph into the online encyclopedia article

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Recent Examples of interpolates Part of that creative control was creating a 13-track LP that serves as a soundtrack to his life and interpolates viral Internet videos, pop-culture classics, and soulful collaborators. — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 24 June 2026 In the title track, Lizzo interpolates two elder singer-songwriters, Missy Elliott and Meredith Brooks, who each flipped the slur into biting hooks in the late nineties. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 11 June 2026 The score by Amine Bouhafa and Isabelle Laudenbach — the director’s sister, and also an accomplished flamenco guitarist — deftly interpolates scraps and strains of Bizet’s original compositions, stripped of operatic excess and given a folky lilt. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026 The track interpolates Ennio Morricone’s theme song from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026 Jeremiah Fraites’ score beautifully melds with and interpolates these iconic songs. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpolates
  1. inserts
  2. introduces
  3. intersperses
  4. injects
  5. interjects
Verb
  • What should be a relaxing weekend quickly veers off course as Chuck inserts himself into the group and tests the limits of their patience.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The Relic chip, of course, is the impetus for the main storyline of Cyberpunk 2077, where V inserts the experimental tech that contains the soul, in effect, of a real person.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of inserts
Verb
  • Ayad introduces these characters through the categories the institution uses to understand them.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In Brittle Magic, Newbery honoree Kate O’Shaughnessy introduces us to a young girl in a similar predicament.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduces
Verb
  • The visual intersperses footage from a trip the pair took to Iceland with clips of their Upstate New York home, a fitting backdrop to Sprague’s spectral vocals and wandering synth arcs.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
  • Captured over four back-to-back performances in Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena in July 2025, the nearly two-hour movie intersperses most of her set list with endearing snippets of behind-the-scenes footage from the day leading up to the show.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
Definition of intersperses
Verb
  • Stylistically, the sequence injects noir with the conventions of music videos.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • With its bold graphics and contemporary art, the 100-room New Hotel injects South Beach style into this old port city.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of injects
Verb
  • Throughout our conversation, in fact, the pair chuckles, nods along to each other’s answers, interjects sounds of assent.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Caught between a defensive line of fans, an array of worried and/or triggered observers, and people dressing their gleeful critiques of a woman’s body in the guise of concern, Grande interjects some of the slowest, somberest music of her career.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of interjects

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“Interpolates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpolates. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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