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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
Over the last half-billion years, squid, octopuses and their kin have evolved much like a fireworks display, with long, anticipatory pauses interspersed with intense, explosive changes.
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Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
Photographs of such ephemera are interspersed throughout her book.
—M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
This footage is interspersed with scenes from a relationship that are tender one moment and tumultuous the next.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
His grove of organic cashew trees is interspersed with tubers.
—Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
Photographs of such ephemera are interspersed throughout her book.
—M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
This footage is interspersed with scenes from a relationship that are tender one moment and tumultuous the next.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
His grove of organic cashew trees is interspersed with tubers.
—Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersperse
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The museum also held workshops on weaving motankas (traditional Ukrainian rag dolls) and a blacksmithing festival.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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On Water Expeditions The Hooghly River weaves through the Indian state of West Bengal from the Ganges, its parent river, to the sea, through a landscape lined with mustard fields and mango orchards.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fatemian takes a single vegetable at a time, starting with the carrots, and works his way around the edges, inserting the veggies into the arugula so they’re partially supported by the greens.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Once a 19th-century military outpost, Fort Robinson now combines historic sites with miles of hiking and horseback trails.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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By combining co-creation, creator signals, and data systems, the company has built an engine for capturing information at scale and acting on it faster than rivals.—
Jamie Gutfreund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Russia's federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsiya, also introduced temporary flight restrictions at the airport in the early hours of Tuesday.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images In the 1983 movie WarGames, which starred Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, much of the American public was introduced to the various levels of Defcon.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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With a 63-minute rain delay mixed into the third quarter, the Eagles outscored the Cowboys by a pedestrian 3-0 margin to walk away with a 24-20 victory.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Two Ohio men and 22 Chinese nationals are charged with trafficking drugs to mix with fentanyl and increase its strength, federal officials announced Wednesday.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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The integration challenge However, incorporating adaptive robots into existing assembly lines faces significant practical hurdles.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The leavener was just a little bit of insurance for pie bakers like me who might not get the folding process correct, or might over incorporate the butter.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Nothing screams summer like corn on the cob, simply buttered and salted.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the first menu, customers can find spaghetti with mantis shrimp, salted lemon, sea grapes and monkfish paired with bagna càuda and green asparagus.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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For example, the undulating landscape of the Chinese Hillside Garden is threaded with meandering paths that wind through a woodland of conifer trees and beside a narrow stream with a small waterfall.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Intersperse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersperse. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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