intercalate

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“The messenger RNA from the vaccine does not form a triple helix, and it certainly doesn’t intercalate with the DNA to form a triple helix in any way,” Kuritzkes said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

To rectify this discrepancy we must intercalate 10 minutes by stopping the clock until it is 6 by the regulator.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

But he was not born to live continually in outland parts, loving rather to intercalate fierce adventures between spells of home-keeping.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

As this lunar year, like that of the Greeks, was shorter than the solar year, it had been necessary to intercalate an additional month, of varying length, in every alternate year.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

To prevent this it was customary at regular intervals to intercalate days or months.

From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George