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as in weaves
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 inserts
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 intersperses
Templeton intersperses these pictures with fragments from her teen diaries.
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Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Private property intersperses protected areas.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Sep. 2025
Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Private property intersperses protected areas.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersperses
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Meanwhile, her longtime producer, John Parrish, weaves a wicker basket of folk rock that, despite its apparent simplicity, feels—maybe for the first time—capacious enough to hold all of Harding’s contradictions.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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The filmmaker weaves together the current fights for not only the land, but also for the women who inhabit the land.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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The change added a room where prisoners are to be examined and prepped for either a standard peripheral IV, or a central line — a more invasive procedure that inserts into the internal jugular in the neck, a femoral vein in the upper thigh or a subclavian vein in the chest.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Catherine’s ignored handmaid, Nelly (Hong Chau), inserts herself into everyone’s drama out of pique.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The prototype combines a pump, valves, and a microfluidic chip into a device roughly the size and weight of a smartphone.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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The program combines attendance at the Series Mania Forum with a fam tour of what the region has to offer for film shoots.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Going Up is a series that introduces you to the need-to-know projects around the region.—
Erin Glynn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Mar. 2026
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This introduces a new layer of societal and political tension, as building the infrastructure needed for advanced AI systems may face resistance from communities concerned about environmental impact and energy consumption.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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The new device incorporates strontium and titanium to create internal p-n junctions that act as smooth electronic gates.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
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In 2012, Aus founded her own eponymous clothing brand and incorporates upcycled textile waste in her designs.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Mar. 2026
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Las Vegas injects Colorado River water directly into the aquifer using special wells, and has done so since the late 1980s.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Proponents raised health concerns about exposure to pollutants and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects water, chemicals and other substances underground to break through rocks to extract the minerals.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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The film, which mixes animation and other footage, shows him getting deported as an alleged national security threat, among other things.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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There are too many of the latter to count as the evening wears on, yielding a shootout at Sosa’s estate that really comes alive due to all the elements at play, from Grabinski’s impressive balancing of multiple story threads to Isabelle Guay’s production design that mixes eras and colors.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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In the middle of the date, the FBI interjects and arrests the man, blowing up Athena’s cover.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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As the reporter continues speaking, though, Holland then interjects with a quick correction.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Intersperses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersperses. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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