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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree
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as in to combine
to scatter or set here and there among other things
the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War
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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle
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Recent Examples of interweave
The moral dilemma faced by Osama, as Abou Sami offers him freedom in exchange for a cut, feels suddenly interrupted by each injection of the wider world, instead of the two being interwoven.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
In an act of reverence, Stevens sets out to run the same 50-mile escape route his great-grandfather took, interweaving Quinn’s story with his own journey to run a collegiate qualifying time.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
This film is a beautiful blend of personal storytelling that highlights River Gallo’s personal journey and interweaves a daring and propulsive thriller.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025
The trio’s financial welfare is interwoven into the fabric of their host-country’s everchanging international policy and foreign trade affairs.
—Maximo Bratter, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025
In an act of reverence, Stevens sets out to run the same 50-mile escape route his great-grandfather took, interweaving Quinn’s story with his own journey to run a collegiate qualifying time.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
This film is a beautiful blend of personal storytelling that highlights River Gallo’s personal journey and interweaves a daring and propulsive thriller.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025
The trio’s financial welfare is interwoven into the fabric of their host-country’s everchanging international policy and foreign trade affairs.
—Maximo Bratter, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interweave
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Gran Sasso National Park has trails that weave through medieval villages, crumbling castles, and valleys where wild horses still roam.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
23 July 2025
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The new agreement aims to lift these trials out of the margins and weave them more fully into the fabric of government.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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When deaths from heat and cold are combined, Europe has close to 50 times as many deaths as the U.S. — as many as 250,000 to 500,000 more deaths every year.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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The heat index combines air temperature and relative humidity to measure what the heat feels like to the human body.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025
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After each player held serve, Shelton turned the tables by breaking Davidovich Fokina to knot the score at 5-5.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
27 July 2025
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His creations include a reversed denim jacket dismantled and reassembled; a fringe dress made from 18 black shirts knotted together; and a patchwork maxi dress made from six blue and black shirts, all selected and purchased from vendors.—
Ezreen Benissan,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Where things get tricky is the movies, which are interspersed throughout the franchise.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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The crack of gunfire interspersed by booms could be heard in the background.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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Outside, the service has to be constant and reliable, in the spirit of what RTD is hoping to provide with bus rapid transit on East Colfax, where buses will ride in a dedicated lane to keep from getting tangled up with other traffic.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
28 July 2025
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The long grass is bright green, with shrubs overgrown and tangled.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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Cut a pocket into each chicken breast by inserting the tip of a chef’s knife in the thickest part of the breast and cutting a horizontal slit 3/4 of the way through the breast.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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The Professional Identity Trap For senior leaders, professional identities often become so intertwined with their personal identity that the boundaries between the two blur beyond recognition.—
Lorraine Wiseman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Goddard's work is intertwined with NASA's science budget.—
Chad Kirchner,
ArsTechnica,
21 July 2025
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“Interweave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interweave. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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