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interplay

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


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The essence of this duo was the outré interplay between the Prince and the Putz, the Leading Man and the Monkey.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 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

It leads to this interplay between the shadow docket and the merits docket.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

The credits list well over a dozen instruments, but there’s never a sense of a band—almost no interplay or individual parts that command attention.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

Considered and considerate, formal at every turn, they were shut out and shut off from the deep interplay of their minds.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

Chiuri’s interplays of architectural silhouettes and innovative materials were out in force for a diverse collection that had a lot to say, seamlessly intertwining historical richness with the contemporary.

From Seattle Times Jan. 22, 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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