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as in weaved
to cause to twine about one another
intertwined two different colors of yarn
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as in knotted
to twist together into a usually confused mass
intertwining yarn is usually a bad idea, because you'll never get it all sorted out again
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as in interwoven
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Recent Examples of intertwined
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
The sisters became deeply intertwined only in the last few years.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
The two statements, existing together, are like two hands kept close, barely touching or with their fingers intertwined.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Outside of the story, the protagonist’s anger is intertwined with the game mechanically.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
The Minecraft Movie Meal fits into this trajectory, reinforcing how food and play are more intertwined than ever.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Ice swimming, or winter swimming, is a 300-year-old tradition in Finland and is intertwined with another one of the country’s age-old wellness rituals.
—Kathleen Rellihan, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Scenes of Cupp's investigation are intertwined with those from congressional hearings that inevitably followed the incident, complete with former Senator Al Franken playing a senator.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Their lives then became forever intertwined when one of them was killed in a home invasion murder that the other survived.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The Yankees and Mets might be more intertwined than ever this season.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
The sisters became deeply intertwined only in the last few years.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
The two statements, existing together, are like two hands kept close, barely touching or with their fingers intertwined.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Outside of the story, the protagonist’s anger is intertwined with the game mechanically.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
The Minecraft Movie Meal fits into this trajectory, reinforcing how food and play are more intertwined than ever.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Ice swimming, or winter swimming, is a 300-year-old tradition in Finland and is intertwined with another one of the country’s age-old wellness rituals.
—Kathleen Rellihan, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Scenes of Cupp's investigation are intertwined with those from congressional hearings that inevitably followed the incident, complete with former Senator Al Franken playing a senator.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Their lives then became forever intertwined when one of them was killed in a home invasion murder that the other survived.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intertwined
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The interlaced electrode design maximizes the interface and hence the capacitance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Sep. 2015
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Instead the process Lewis and her colleagues employed used 3-D printing to build tightly interlaced, ultrathin electrodes.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 July 2013
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The Financial Times reported that an integrated check-out system will be supported by OpenAI – potentially partnering with Shopify to enable full transactions inside ChatGPT, though neither company has confirmed this.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The controller offers up 19 integrated lighting modes, and users can cycle through them using the top button, or hold that button for three seconds to switch to hub mode, or hold it another three seconds to disable the lighting entirely.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Intertwined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intertwined. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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