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
The team is developing a more competitive package, the big and small details are coming together, and the people are meshing.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
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
There’s a difference between characters not meshing and actors not meshing, though.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Adelman seems more like a passionless technician who can’t or won’t work on meshing the team’s personalities.
—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 May 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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Huge parts Europe have been suffocating under a stubborn heat dome parked over the continent, trapping hot air and leading to extreme and dangerous heat and humidity.
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Flights from Miami to Venezuela have been canceled after twin earthquakes rocked the country, collapsing buildings, and killing or trapping hundreds of people.
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Its rear zipper pocket is a great way to keep charging cords from tangling around other items.
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Recently, researchers in Germany developed a chain-launching drone interceptor that disables UAVs by tangling their spinning rotors midair.
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“Meshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshing. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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