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
Betting has also become deeply intertwined with the leagues themselves, with advertisements during games and sports announcers discussing different odds.
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Osiris Reborn is completely intertwined with the events of the show.
—Echo Apsey, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Gunn is slowly but surely bringing in characters that are sure to intertwine in his grand universe.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The fight became intertwined with pushes to increase public education funding and teacher pay.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Osiris Reborn is completely intertwined with the events of the show.
—Echo Apsey, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Gunn is slowly but surely bringing in characters that are sure to intertwine in his grand universe.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The fight became intertwined with pushes to increase public education funding and teacher pay.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 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 31 Aug. 2025.
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