implicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of implicate, archaic
as in weaves
to cause to twine about one another the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower

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Recent Examples of implicates Hur’s film stops short of naming a culprit, and its critics argue that the open ending implicates Park or his government. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 Homicide detective Sofia Karppi returns to work after the death of her husband and is immediately thrown into the middle of a perplexing murder case that implicates a massive clean energy company. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Unlike that movie, Naza implicates both the left and the right. — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026 Fixing execution means changing how decisions get made, who owns what and what happens when someone misses, which is slower, less interesting and implicates people by name. — Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026 This subterfuge makes sense, since what these people reveal implicates their superiors. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 There is no evidence that implicates them in any way. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents. — Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026 Past traumas and current abuses culminate in a sudden death that implicates five women in the community, played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicates
  1. weaves
  2. intertwines
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  • Elastic edging keeps the machine-washable covers snug across a range of couch shapes, and the collection comes in several colors, weaves and textures to coordinate with most rooms.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Bar manager Giovanni Allario weaves unexpected twists into classics, like the Pesto Martini with vodka, white balsamic vinegar, and homemade pesto and a Gremolada Negroni with notes of lemon and parsley.
    — Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of weaves
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  • Drawing on home movies, street-protest footage, newspapers, sketches, photographs, and recorded voices, Ahangarani intertwines her life story with more than four decades of political upheaval.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The latter reached the Billboard 200 with its spacious and deep dreamy sound that intertwines guitar melodies and gentle Latin pulses driven by subtle percussion.
    — Cata Balzano, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of intertwines

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“Implicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicates. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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