- present participle of interlock.
interlocking
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“There are now so many phase-outs and phase-ins and interlocking provisions that back-of-the-envelope calculations aren’t reliable,” says Tim Steffen, director of tax planning at Baird.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Company" is a complex low-budget gothic drama that features several interlocking stories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Also on Heritage Crafts' red list is dry stone walling - an ancient method of building structures from interlocking stones without using any mortar.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
In the worm's jaws, sharper changes in strain across tiny regions appear to increase the interlocking of defects within the atomic structure, producing the characteristic size effect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
The other seemed to be a part of a system of interlocking gears.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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