meshes 1 of 2

plural of mesh
as in web
something that catches and holds a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy

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meshes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mesh

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Recent Examples of meshes
Verb
The roster meshes with Young’s background. Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025 Danny Grant, chef and partner for Maple & Ash, said that the restaurant’s playful side meshes well with the Miami aesthetic. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025 Describing the fighting between Russia and Ukraine as a proxy war meshes with a Russian narrative of why the war started. Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2025 Wilson’s signature soul-twang vocal is front and center and meshes well with Smith’s smooth, pop voice, bolstered by stomps, handclaps and laid-back but hooky, folk-pop groove. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025 But Day could bring in a coordinator with a defensive line background who meshes with Larry Johnson to help there after the Buckeyes lost LaAllen Clark, Johnson’s graduate assistant, to Texas. Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 Her restlessness meshes with her curiosity, her wide-ranging inventiveness with her risk-taking. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025 While King’s Dove partnership meshes well with her history of advocacy for women, it’s also informed by her personal experience. Caroline Tien, SELF, 4 Feb. 2025 After prioritizing him in trade talks, Phoenix is eager to see how Richards meshes within their lineup. Evan Sidery, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshes
Noun
  • They would then be redirected to their bank, which would not know which web site the request had some from, and required to log in.
    David G.W. Birch, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In the end, Rothstein—a master spider—was ensnared in a web even more ingenious than his own, woven, maddeningly, by lesser spiders.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At the river’s edge, a quarter-mile-long Mitsubishi factory was a mountainous tangle of steel.
    Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In contrast with the tangle of criminal cases which mostly stalled against Trump, Brazilian courts moved swiftly against Bolsonaro, threatening to end his political career and fracture his right-wing movement.
    Ricardo Brito, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There is 24/7 surveillance on these traps so the FWNC&R team can see if one is set off.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Cleanup brush and leaf piles, which provide excellent cover for voles. Use a trap.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025

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