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as in weaves
to cause to twine about one another
interlaced strands of her hair for a new look
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as in intersperses
to scatter or set here and there among other things
interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech
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as in knots
to twist together into a usually confused mass
I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what
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Recent Examples of interlaces
All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The series interlaces flashbacks to Kay and Pete investigating a serial killer a quarter of a century earlier, a grisly case which may have dire consequences for their work in the present.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The series interlaces flashbacks to Kay and Pete investigating a serial killer a quarter of a century earlier, a grisly case which may have dire consequences for their work in the present.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlaces
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Lockwood takes different noises—from volcanic activity in Hawaii to spring peepers near the Mississippi River, crows around Essex, and hydroacoustic signals in the Tasman Sea—and weaves a tapestry in constant flux.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dolan dissects his estrangement from his mother after forty years of attempts at peace, and weaves in research and reportage about child abuse and trauma.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Templeton intersperses these pictures with fragments from her teen diaries.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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No matter how many knots a lawyer ties themselves in to get there, legality is not legitimacy.—
Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
29 Nov. 2025
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Stories like these usually lurch from one contrivance and complication to the next, but Chad Powers knots itself into a genuinely thorny conflict by the finale.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Castmembers Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie took the stage at CCXP Mexico City to tease their project that combines comedy with sci-fi and is set to begin streaming on HBO Max in July.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Normandie combines gyudon with a classic French dip.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Wire pin or slicker brushes work best for dogs with long hair that tangles easily.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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The family story that intertwines for centuries with this land, this place, is researched and discovered in the writing, and so not lost, yet the land itself is largely lost, to industry, exploitation, greed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Whether cannabis stores should be required to explicitly label themselves as a dispensary on signage is a subject of debate that intertwines jurisdictional power, business branding and consumer safety.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the red tape that snarls any new apartment, condominiums confront an additional hurdle.—
M. Nolan Gray,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Cleeves interweaves ancient Orcadian history, myths and traditions into the story.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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Terms & Conditions interweaves fictional and historical characters in an immersive story that spans 247 years across land and sea.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Interlaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlaces. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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