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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
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
As Celia and Marco fall in love over the decades, they become intertwined in a high-stakes, deadly competition.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
For Young, the projects are intertwined, with his past and future colliding in a swirl of acrylic shells, nostalgia, and high-definition spectacle.
—Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Music and fashion have been intertwined since the very beginning.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026
The ecological critique of carbon-intensive circulation becomes intertwined with the claim that highly mobile audiences can only produce superficial engagement.
—Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
The liberal protest movement recently intertwined singing into demonstrations, largely following the use of what's viewed as excessive enforcement in Minneapolis.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
The Europeans are also continuing to argue that the war in Ukraine, the largest land war in Europe since World War II, is intertwined with the war in Iran due to the cooperation between Russia and Iran.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Protest and art have been intertwined in the American consciousness.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
The three have been intertwined since 1999, back when Monson left his job as the head coach at Gonzaga for Minnesota, but made Few honor a promise to hire Lloyd as a graduate assistant.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
As Celia and Marco fall in love over the decades, they become intertwined in a high-stakes, deadly competition.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
For Young, the projects are intertwined, with his past and future colliding in a swirl of acrylic shells, nostalgia, and high-definition spectacle.
—Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Music and fashion have been intertwined since the very beginning.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026
The ecological critique of carbon-intensive circulation becomes intertwined with the claim that highly mobile audiences can only produce superficial engagement.
—Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
The liberal protest movement recently intertwined singing into demonstrations, largely following the use of what's viewed as excessive enforcement in Minneapolis.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
The Europeans are also continuing to argue that the war in Ukraine, the largest land war in Europe since World War II, is intertwined with the war in Iran due to the cooperation between Russia and Iran.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Protest and art have been intertwined in the American consciousness.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intertwined
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Some of those effects have to do with domestic commerce, and some are a result of the interwoven nature of global trade, where raw materials from one place are shipped somewhere they are manufactured into specific items that are then transported to consumers.—
Vidya Mani,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Eight episodes is a specific kind of beast, especially with intricate, interwoven narratives.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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Emerald green steel tracks twisted overhead.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Gomez parted her hair in the center and pulled the lengths up, twisted them, and clipped her hair with a medium-sized sheer white claw clip and wrapping some of the lengths over the top of the clip.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
20 Mar. 2026
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Lisa Rae Moss — serving a life sentence for her involvement in the 1990 murder of her husband, Mike Moss — sat in the witness box in a courtroom in Seminole, Oklahoma, on a frigid January morning in 2025, her hands knotted in her lap.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Cincinnati knotted the score again in the 52nd minute on Ayoub Jabbari's first career goal in his 10th appearance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The steady, unwavering empathy of her gaze encompasses a universe of tiny, interlaced incidents in which the zany entwines the plaintive, or the tragic the comic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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According to rule 8 of the Olympic Charter, the five interlaced rings of the Olympic symbol represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes at the games.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Oh no, they’re definitely entwined.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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During this time, those of us whose lives are entwined with the canyon — hiking guides and river guides, geologists and naturalists, historians and writers — communicated incessantly with one another.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Pet owners will love the hair screw tool, which expertly removes even long hair from upholstery without getting tangled.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The barrier was a system so centralized, bureaucrats and procedural that even a straightforward literacy effort became tangled in red tape.—
Daniel L Gordon,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Global Payments has added 200 salespeople and plans to expand the team to 500 by midyear, aiming to reach a broader range of merchants through a multichannel distribution model that includes direct sales, partnerships, and integrated software.—
Justin Zacks,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Navigating this complexity demands approaches to modular content production, coordination across agencies, integrated timelines, and more.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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Also known as lambropsomo, tsoureki is a sweet, brioche-like Greek Easter bread that’s braided and shaped into a circle or two long loaves.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
1 Apr. 2026
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Sunday's celebration began with a procession of cardinals, bishops, priests and laypeople walking into the square carrying olive branches and palm fronds, some intricately braided.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Intertwined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intertwined. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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