1
as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
intertwined two different colors of yarn
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as in to knot
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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Recent Examples of intertwine
Their careers have intertwined at various points, like when Wayne performed at LeBron’s 21st birthday party in 2005, and the Young Money boss also performed at the hooper’s Beats By Dre NBA All-Star Weekend party alongside the Hot Boys in 2017.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
This new height is the culmination of a path intertwined with economic and geopolitical hurdles to which the sector has become accustomed.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
The cost of a battery resource is deeply intertwined with the engineering operations of the grid, and the arbitrage functions of battery storage complicates the determination of the market value of the resource.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Two brothers, joined at the hip, are ready to rip each other apart even though their fate is endlessly intertwined.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
This new height is the culmination of a path intertwined with economic and geopolitical hurdles to which the sector has become accustomed.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
The cost of a battery resource is deeply intertwined with the engineering operations of the grid, and the arbitrage functions of battery storage complicates the determination of the market value of the resource.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Two brothers, joined at the hip, are ready to rip each other apart even though their fate is endlessly intertwined.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intertwine
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The last time might have been in a regional nightclub in the mid aughts, or weaving through a busy high street.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2025
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Now, with just a few months’ notice, staff are dismantling a 30-year program carefully woven into the city’s social safety net.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Ortega’s bottom lashes clung together like long spider legs, while dark brown extensions were knotted halfway down her low ponytail by hair artist Cesar Deleon Ramirez.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Her coarse black hair was knotted into a single braid that ended where her legs began.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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Read More | Grad student discovers clawed creature tangled near WA lake.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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The repulsive-yet-beautiful magnum opus that remained has been tangled up in theories about Pasolini’s murder ever since.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Intertwine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intertwine. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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