as in trapping
to catch or hold as if in a net
dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets
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Recent Examples of meshing
Adelman seems more like a passionless technician who can’t or won’t work on meshing the team’s personalities.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
That’s the whole point; the Phillies have not been skilled at meshing younger players into this operation.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s a difference between characters not meshing and actors not meshing, though.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
Uncertain Spacetime Einstein’s general theory of relativity, with its mind-bending revelations about the subjectivity of space and time, has long had issues meshing with quantum mechanics.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
City also looks utterly beautiful, with intricate and brightly colored backgrounds meshing with a cartoonish design in service of a visual identity that’s unlike anything else seen this year.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Partnering with an array of professionals within the academic space, South Bay leverages a comprehensive approach to education, meshing home, school, and therapy into one resource that cultivates long-term learning and scholarly autonomy.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Kansas largely has been without its best player, is meshing together virtually a brand-new team overall and has suffered losses to the same vaunted programs the Jayhawks beat to mark that promising start a year ago.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Nov. 2025
The style’s 100-percent organic cotton composition, too, will ensure these babies last you for years on end, meshing well with everything from Fair Isle sweaters to your sexiest date-night halter tops.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
That’s the whole point; the Phillies have not been skilled at meshing younger players into this operation.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s a difference between characters not meshing and actors not meshing, though.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
Uncertain Spacetime Einstein’s general theory of relativity, with its mind-bending revelations about the subjectivity of space and time, has long had issues meshing with quantum mechanics.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
City also looks utterly beautiful, with intricate and brightly colored backgrounds meshing with a cartoonish design in service of a visual identity that’s unlike anything else seen this year.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Partnering with an array of professionals within the academic space, South Bay leverages a comprehensive approach to education, meshing home, school, and therapy into one resource that cultivates long-term learning and scholarly autonomy.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Kansas largely has been without its best player, is meshing together virtually a brand-new team overall and has suffered losses to the same vaunted programs the Jayhawks beat to mark that promising start a year ago.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Nov. 2025
The style’s 100-percent organic cotton composition, too, will ensure these babies last you for years on end, meshing well with everything from Fair Isle sweaters to your sexiest date-night halter tops.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshing
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The star ingredients of Skintimate’s Fragrance Free 2-in-1 Shave Oil + Moisturizer are ideal for creating just that, pairing vitamin E—which is both a water-attracting humectant and water-trapping emollient—along with shea, almond, and jojoba oils.—
Eden Stuart,
Allure,
29 May 2026
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People rely on the Amazon for water and the hotter, drier conditions should increase wildfire risk, Seabrook said, threatening to turn the Amazon, which now sucks heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, into a region that worsens the problem.—
Seth Borenstein,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Recently, researchers in Germany developed a chain-launching drone interceptor that disables UAVs by tangling their spinning rotors midair.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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Wrap cords using cable ties to prevent tangling and fraying.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Meshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshing. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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