as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower
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Recent Examples of implicate
In June 2024, Buster sued Netflix, Warner Bros. and others for defamation, claiming he was falsely implicated in the suspicious death of his former high school classmate Stephen Smith in 2015.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 6 May 2025
This style connects the violence of colonialism to the violence of representation and reveals Woolf’s awareness that he is implicated in the brutality of the entire colonial system.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Those charges came out of an investigation conducted by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that did not implicate the mayor in any wrongdoing.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Dynastic planning should ideally incorporate sufficient flexibility to ensure any irrevocable trust structures do not implicate foreign trust tax and administrative burdens especially when those benefiting from the trusts obtain multiple citizenships, change residencies, or expatriate.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 6 May 2025
This style connects the violence of colonialism to the violence of representation and reveals Woolf’s awareness that he is implicated in the brutality of the entire colonial system.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Those charges came out of an investigation conducted by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that did not implicate the mayor in any wrongdoing.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Dynastic planning should ideally incorporate sufficient flexibility to ensure any irrevocable trust structures do not implicate foreign trust tax and administrative burdens especially when those benefiting from the trusts obtain multiple citizenships, change residencies, or expatriate.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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The latest installment, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which hit theaters on May 23, continues the story set up in 2023's Dead Reckoning, weaving together elements from the previous seven films, for what is possibly the last Mission: Impossible movie.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The Shed describes The Brothers Size as a modern-day fable about two brothers in the Deep South that weaves in the rich storytelling tradition of the Yoruba people of West Africa.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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But the intertwining legacies of Johnson and the Coca-Cola 600 go beyond his four wins.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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All of those things are intertwined and sometimes get torn.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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The Essence line, for example, debuts twisted and rippled silhouettes that are inspired by the ocean and waves.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Of particular note in this segment is the tattoo itself: twisting vines leading to an image of a moth, just like the one Joel engraved into her guitar.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Stack and Mary have a complex history together; their fates will become further entwined by the end of the night.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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On April 9, 2025, an important conference took place at Stanford University that entwined the famous Stanford Law School (SLS) CodeX, the global law firm DLA Piper, and the United Nations (UN) AI for Good platform.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Implicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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