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intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /


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Canada and the EU are looking to intertwine research institutions to create a network of scientific output to compete with the U.S. university system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

There is no confession and no announcement; Joyce simply comes to realise, as the secrets accumulate and the women's lives intertwine, that her idea of a monogamous marriage has been a sham all along.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Their harmonies intertwine like two gulls in flight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Art and domestic life intertwine with each other, inform each other and perhaps support each other more than is at first apparent, leading to an ending that provides a satisfying union of the two realms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

The stems twist and intertwine, the branches cluster with red berries, purple flowers.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

U.S. regulators are now taking a closer look at the Wall Street playbook that effectively intertwines private credit with traditional life insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The deal further intertwines Musk's sprawling business empire, which already includes carmaker Tesla and social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

"But now there's a very direct lineage between local teams, larger structures like the NFL Academy, leagues and how it all intertwines."

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

Sundays should be reserved for giving praise, says the pastor’s wife, Karen Anderson Hardaway, whose voice intertwines with her husband’s in the call and response of worship.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

It intertwines with any other great social evil which may be present.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

With AI, technology has gone from a staff or executive level issue to something that is deeply intertwined with the board’s most fundamental discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

More than $400 million had been spent on the three intertwined ballot measures, with more than 90% spent opposing the billionaire tax, according to fundraising disclosures filed with the secretary of state’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

A similar story played out in Michigan, where state's the automobile manufacturing industry is deeply intertwined with Canada's - and where Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Jensen Huang has become enormously influential in shaping U.S. chip policy, and Nvidia’s commercial interests are intertwined with Washington’s China strategy in complex and sometimes conflicting ways,” Lee said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

The themes of space and time are, as we have seen, intertwined.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Elon Musk has spent two decades running Tesla and SpaceX, intertwining their resources and ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

She’s from Japan, he’s from Mexico, their native languages intertwining at home, although you could argue their shared tongue is actually ballroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"What it does portend, to me, is that Hong Kong will accelerate its economic intertwining with Beijing."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The deal would signal a deeper "intertwining" of the government and private businesses in the US, following a trend seen elsewhere in places like China, Mr Nicholson told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

So indeed was the entire mantelpiece around the fireplace in the living-room, a splendid design of fruit and foliage and intertwining branches carved in oak.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl


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