- past tense form of intertwine.
- past participle of intertwine.
intertwined
Americanadjective
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twined or woven together.
Braids are geometric objects consisting of intertwined strands of string.
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closely or inseparably involved with each other, or consisting of elements connected in this way.
The new exhibit “How Does It Hurt?” reminds us that the history of creativity and the history of living with suffering are inextricably intertwined.
verb
Etymology
Origin of intertwined
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It turns out that politics, money and infrastructure are fairly intertwined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 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 discovery suggests that persistent back pain may become deeply intertwined with a person's sense of self, potentially helping explain why conventional pain treatments often provide limited relief.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
For these elections are not just proximate, they are intertwined.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Everything in the world should have a destiny. And come together and get all intertwined and tangled with our own destinies.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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