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as in twisted
to cause to twine about one another
intertwined two different colors of yarn
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as in knotted
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 intertwined
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
Their relationship is deeply intertwined with their work, which requires them to trust one another in high-risk climbing situations.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Representatives from two local tribes draw a parallel between the gather and past efforts to expel their people from their ancestral lands, and say the horses are intertwined with their culture.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Its history is intertwined with Charlotte’s old Women’s Center and neighborhoods still recognized as LGBTQ-friendly.
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Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Lively’s legal team said the law requires reimbursement for the defense of the litigation because the legal work on the various claims was intertwined.
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Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
And at the same time, the business of persuasion is more intertwined with media than ever before – thanks in no small part to the enormous influence of creators.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 June 2026
While Syd cares deeply about the restaurant, Richie’s entire sense of self-worth and identity is completely intertwined with it.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Leaders must embrace curiosity, share power, and crowdsource ideas, acknowledging that AI's impact is intertwined with macroeconomic shifts and identity concerns.
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Laurel Donnellan,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Verb
The event also gave Kansas City’s Ghanaian residents an opportunity to introduce others to Jama, the tradition of singing, chanting and dancing that has long been intertwined with Ghanaian soccer culture and community celebrations.
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Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
Their relationship is deeply intertwined with their work, which requires them to trust one another in high-risk climbing situations.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Representatives from two local tribes draw a parallel between the gather and past efforts to expel their people from their ancestral lands, and say the horses are intertwined with their culture.
—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Its history is intertwined with Charlotte’s old Women’s Center and neighborhoods still recognized as LGBTQ-friendly.
—
Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Lively’s legal team said the law requires reimbursement for the defense of the litigation because the legal work on the various claims was intertwined.
—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
And at the same time, the business of persuasion is more intertwined with media than ever before – thanks in no small part to the enormous influence of creators.
—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 June 2026
While Syd cares deeply about the restaurant, Richie’s entire sense of self-worth and identity is completely intertwined with it.
—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Leaders must embrace curiosity, share power, and crowdsource ideas, acknowledging that AI's impact is intertwined with macroeconomic shifts and identity concerns.
—
Laurel Donnellan,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intertwined
Adjective
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Henry used artificial intelligence to create interwoven stripes, further representing the unity of the country.
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The film, scripted by Hu Xiaoxi and Zhang Disha, unfolds across two interwoven timelines.
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The wife of friend Isaac Leonard Ellwood suggested that two wires twisted together would hold the nail in place better — and the inexpensive yet effective design stuck.
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The boardwalk was annihilated up and down the peninsula, crushed into pieces and twisted up like a wooden snake.
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Ellison would wake up with his stomach knotted, his skin crawling with a rash.
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Game 1 Saint Paul knotted at 2-all through three innings before the visiting Storm Chasers put up four runs in the fourth and five more in the sixth to turn a tight game into a 12-4 blowout.
Adjective
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American dog tick Males are dark red with white interlaced patterns across the entire back.
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The gold and black collection includes the Nodo Fiorentino (Florentino knot) ring, which reinterpreted the pattern of a yarn looped and tightened, and the Arezzo chain and bracelet which evoked the movement of interlaced threads through links.
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And just as economic opportunities are entwined with our political history, they're seen today just as defining as democracy itself.
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Rubio has tried to separate the Israel-Lebanon talks from the US-Iran negotiations, even as Iran has repeatedly insisted that the issues are entwined.
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In other words, the valuable part of any message, the signal, can easily get tangled up in noise.
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During the first game, the Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Mercury’s DeWanna Bonner got tangled up, said some unkind things, and five players wound up with technical fouls in the aftermath.
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For owners, operators, and developers of critical infrastructure, the collaboration is expected to focus on how integrated systems could address several longstanding constraints in power distribution design and deployment.
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Moreover, integrated services like iCloud and proprietary accessories create substantial switching costs, deterring users from migrating to Android.
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Quen Blackwell’s hair is braided and pulled into a delicate updo that adds volume and structure to her look.
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To have those two things braided together, the pain and then the relief.
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“Intertwined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intertwined. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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