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interlock

[in-ter-lok, in-ter-lok, in-ter-lok] / ˌɪn tərˈlɒk, ˈɪn tərˌlɒk, ˈɪn tərˌlɒk /


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Also like MBS and CDS, new financial assets have begun to interlock in odd, hard-to-understand ways with traditional financial products.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

I’m interested in the scripts on the field and off, and the plotlines that interlock.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2024

The ends do meet and interlock in their own way, but the process is messy and imperfect — it feels honest.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

The planks just lay on the floor, and their combined weight and the fact that they all interlock, prevents them from moving when walked on.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

These two debates, about thinking and knowing, interlock because both generations have downplayed the idea that the new science was grounded in a new type of engagement with sensory reality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton