1
as in weaving
to cause to twine about one another
interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree
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as in interspersing
to scatter or set here and there among other things
the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War
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as in knotting
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle
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Recent Examples of interweaving
Grogan’s essay similarly expanded my reading, interweaving a close analysis of Hughes’s and Sterling Brown’s poems with an attention to class and labor.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Through the decades, Hogg was also a vocal advocate for human rights and social justice, interweaving her beliefs into her designs.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
In the wake of a hurricane, Douglas visits Wortzel in a dream, catalyzing a prismatic journey across the Everglades with Miccosukee educator and activist Betty Osceola and interweaving Douglas’ writing with personal narration, present-day verité and rare archival footage.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Woven lace-up sneakers could also be seen, as well as metallic gold shoes with interweaving straps, a pointed-toe shoe with a version of a T-strap, moccasin-esque shoes with laces and more styles.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
The interweaving crime-movie and possible alien-abduction threads vining around the empty skeleton at this movie’s center never quite cohere, and on-camera interviews with any number of the criminal teens offer no emotional scaffold to grab onto.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
In this case, the characters’ back stories are knitted together with an impactful range of lyrics that Swindley has mined from the country music canon, repeatedly adroitly interweaving song lyrics and dialogue.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Through the decades, Hogg was also a vocal advocate for human rights and social justice, interweaving her beliefs into her designs.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
In the wake of a hurricane, Douglas visits Wortzel in a dream, catalyzing a prismatic journey across the Everglades with Miccosukee educator and activist Betty Osceola and interweaving Douglas’ writing with personal narration, present-day verité and rare archival footage.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Woven lace-up sneakers could also be seen, as well as metallic gold shoes with interweaving straps, a pointed-toe shoe with a version of a T-strap, moccasin-esque shoes with laces and more styles.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
The interweaving crime-movie and possible alien-abduction threads vining around the empty skeleton at this movie’s center never quite cohere, and on-camera interviews with any number of the criminal teens offer no emotional scaffold to grab onto.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
In this case, the characters’ back stories are knitted together with an impactful range of lyrics that Swindley has mined from the country music canon, repeatedly adroitly interweaving song lyrics and dialogue.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interweaving
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Both authors write as recovering fawners, weaving their own stories through case studies and explication of therapeutic motifs.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ross attempted to subdue the man using his Taser, but Muñoz-Guatemala was still able to hit the gas and drag Ross at least 100 yards through the street, weaving back and forth to try to shake the officer loose.—
Nick Miroff,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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Heat 2 serves as both a prequel and a sequel to the film, interspersing storylines from earlier in the characters' careers (circa 1988) with the events that followed the 1995 film.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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Jumpers with long hair often wear a buff, which is a cloth under their helmet to keep hair from tangling with equipment or knotting in the wind gusts, Stewart explained.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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Among our artisans are former OB-GYNs, judges and software engineers now knotting rugs to feed families.—
Nargis Habib,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Two prospectors who had once flown over the area confirmed that, seen from above, the rivers looked like a handful of golden worms twisting through the green.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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As much a gripping, twisting whodunnit as a heart-wrenching depiction of the aftermath of loss, grief and warped masculinity.—
Rebecca Hannigan,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The album’s maximalist approach, combining an array of live instruments, VSTs, and samplers, sometimes coheres into true jams.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kenny said the challenges to combining the spaces became clear once the structure was closely examined.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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Laces can be washed in the same load, ideally tucked into another laundry bag to prevent tangling.—
Katie Cloyd,
Martha Stewart,
29 Dec. 2025
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The large brush roll resists tangling hair and pet fur, which eliminates the need to stop and pull items off the brush—and also eliminates a clogged pipe.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
23 Dec. 2025
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But even those who use TA say there’s something odd about inserting English letters in a sentence of Chinese characters.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
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The Justice Department argued that the judge had overstepped his authority by inserting himself into questions of foreign policy.—
NPR Washington Desk,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
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The film explores the profound themes of intergenerational trauma and the presence of the gaze of death, intertwining these women.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
12 Dec. 2025
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Populist threats to democracy and energy, climate, migration, and security challenges are intertwining in ways that test the capacity of governments everywhere.—
EKREM IMAMOGLU,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Interweaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interweaving. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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