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interplay

[in-ter-play, in-ter-play, in-ter-play] / ˈɪn tərˌpleɪ, ˌɪn tərˈpleɪ, ˈɪn tərˌpleɪ /


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The two leads share an easy interplay, giving generous performances that allow the other to shine in a comedy that wears its message about tolerance and nuance lightly.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

There’s some great interplay here between you and your background singers — really draws out the R&B in the band’s sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The characters’ interplay with the audience becomes a prominent feature of the show, with the actors often calling out for a response or engaging in frisky, friendly exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"The observation of multiple symmetry-protected nodal lines in a simple elemental ferromagnet is therefore highly unexpected and establishes cobalt as a model system for studying the interplay between topology and magnetism."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

That is, to replace its interweaving but independent voices with a more unified, streamlined sound, with the keyboard and cello locked together supportively, underpinning the sparring interplay of the two violins above them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

"The goal is eventually to even study the interplays of different signaling pathways simultaneously."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

From utilitarian details that ground regal aesthetics in the contemporary to surreal interplays of form and texture, the collections celebrated the industry’s ability to innovate while honoring its past.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

The design reflects the traditional hand-crafted bowls found across the Arab and Islamic world while interplays of light mirror the fanar lanterns of the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

At the top end of this scale is Oliver Sacks’s “Musicophilia,” a dream-like chain of literary narratives about remarkable interplays between music and the human brain.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2016

There are subtle interplays of delicate forces and reactions from environment which no one can measure.

From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Samuel Peter Orth




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