INTERTWISTING Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

intertwisting

verb

present participle of intertwist

as in weaving

to cause to twine about one another intertwisted the fibers to form a design

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as in knotting

to twist together into a usually confused mass the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever

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With a bigger budget from Netflix, Sy and Leterrier leaned further into the show’s superhero-like qualities, expanding its universe beyond the novels of Maurice Leblanc and weaving some futuristic elements.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
By weaving these stories together, Cuarón used the epic’s themes of exile and separation to provide a fresh take on Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

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For each strip, pinch the ends, then gently stretch while twisting until 8 inches long.

— Hali Bey Ramdene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2026
The three-time NBA MVP stood behind a gaggle of teammates squished up against the CU bench, quietly surveying the madness from the 15-yard line while twisting the cap of his bottled water.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

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The track finds frontman Grian Chatten and ROSALÍA intertwining their voices over lush instrumentation, offering another glimpse of the band’s evolving sound.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Within a few short months of the conference, by intertwining human insight with AI scale, the decades-old mystery would collapse.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of intertwining

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Kerry McCoy’s guitar juices up a mid-song gallop by abruptly pivoting from big and noisy to compressed and snarling; at the climax, everything cuts out for a second to spotlight a Daniel Tracy drum fill.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Stepping into the band’s lead guitarist role was Nick Johnston, a forceful presence delivering crisp musical phrases that could be fittingly elegant or snarling.

— Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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