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as in to weave
to scatter or set here and there among other things
for variety, intersperse some photos among the other decorations on the wall
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as in to insert
to put among or between others
intersperses some fascinating factoids about wine between his profiles of the nation's leading wineries
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Recent Examples of intersperse
The Kremlin leader makes sweeping pronouncements about the current global order, interspersed with small-bore questions from local journalists about the quality of roads in the Komi Republic.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The goal of the planning process was to avoid homogenous design and intersperse architecture with a variety of landscapes, including open green spaces, playing fields, semi-public courtyards, and gardens.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
Templeton intersperses these pictures with fragments from her teen diaries.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Fashion is the star at the entrance, but jackets and holiday sweaters and party dresses are interspersed with complementary offerings from across Target’s gigantic offering, including candles, pillows, sparkling grape juice and stocking stuffers.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The goal of the planning process was to avoid homogenous design and intersperse architecture with a variety of landscapes, including open green spaces, playing fields, semi-public courtyards, and gardens.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
Templeton intersperses these pictures with fragments from her teen diaries.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Fashion is the star at the entrance, but jackets and holiday sweaters and party dresses are interspersed with complementary offerings from across Target’s gigantic offering, including candles, pillows, sparkling grape juice and stocking stuffers.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersperse
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An hour later, for its first concert since the fires, parishioners sat in awe as Grammy Award winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers weaved her bow across her violin, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach echoing through the church.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Culturally, 2026 is the year cannabis truly weaves into everyday life.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The woman had catheters inserted in her about 30 times over the years, but never had an experience like the one with Miller, the prosecutor said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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The clerks inserted memory sticks from the tabulators with results from their local election into the laptop and a program transmitted them to the county through a dedicated, secured network.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sessegnon and Jimenez attack that vacated area in a bid to combine, but Bassey’s delivery from the back gets intercepted by Santiago Bueno.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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They’re combined with a non-toxic, hypoallergenic down alternative filling, creating a plush and luxurious sleeping experience that’s designed for back, side, and stomach sleepers.—
Megan Schaltegger,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the end of Monday's live Atlas demonstration, the humanoid prototype swung its arms in a theatrical gesture to introduce a static model of the new product version of Atlas, which looked slightly different and was blue in color.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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On the day McDermott became coach of the Bills, his children Maddie and Gavin weren’t as tall as the podium at which their father was introduced.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The effect feels elevated and intentional, allowing outfits to stand out while remaining versatile enough to mix easily with classic staples.—
Gabrielle Porcaro,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Fragrance stacking, also known as layering means mixing scents to create your own custom blend according to Almira Armstrong, founder of Lumira.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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Chromotherapy lighting is also being incorporated in tubs and showers.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Many designs now incorporate nighttime-specific lighting, plus mood lighting.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The pies include brown butter pumpkin, salted caramel dutch apple, classic pecan, dark chocolate brownie pie with malt marscapone, coconut cardamom sweet potato, mile-high lemon meringue chess, bourbon sour cherry, and dulce de leche banana cream pie ($35 each).—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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And Larry wants to salt the earth so the competitors can’t come back.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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Good luck trying to thread that needle.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Mister Terrific emerges as one of Superman’s smartest anchors, threading intellect through a story preoccupied with power, trust, and what the world expects its heroes to be.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Intersperse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersperse. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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