intersperse
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to scatter or distribute among, between, or on
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to diversify (something) with other things scattered here and there
Other Word Forms
- interspersal noun
- interspersedly adverb
- interspersion noun
- uninterspersed adjective
Etymology
Origin of intersperse
1560–70; < Latin interspersus (past participle of interspergere to strew here and there), equivalent to inter- inter- + -spersus, combining form of sparsus, past participle of spargere to scatter; disperse
Example Sentences
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While Hartman believes it’s best to intersperse the music between races, it’s not the only way to do things.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
In the fall of 2023, the museum will intersperse about a dozen of Hendricks’s portraits among its own holdings in an exhibition at its temporary home, Frick Madison.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022
Or even in the opening month, which will be a particularly challenging stretch for the Sounders in which they intersperse Champions League games with MLS while trying to integrate key new players like Albert Rusnak.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022
The app takes bits from Anchor and bits from Clubhouse — users can host DJ sets, like they would a radio show, and intersperse songs with talk.
From The Verge • Oct. 26, 2021
She was more or less delirious, but still retained a half-lucidity which enabled her to intersperse a few intelligible and reasonable remarks among the incoherent phrases which revealed her superstitious Breton soul.
From The Secret of Sarek by Leblanc, Maurice
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