as in to cross
to divide by passing through or across
an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood
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Recent Examples of intersect
Our small lives intersecting and sustaining one another.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
This dynamic also intersects with broader investment trends.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Bobenko now hopes to prove that there are Bonnet tori that don’t intersect themselves.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
Was there a moment when your work as a national park volunteer and resident truly intersected with your life as an artist?
—Outside, 18 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
This dynamic also intersects with broader investment trends.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Bobenko now hopes to prove that there are Bonnet tori that don’t intersect themselves.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
Was there a moment when your work as a national park volunteer and resident truly intersected with your life as an artist?
—Outside, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersect
cross
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As for the Dow, the blue-chip index traded in the 900s when Silverblatt began his career, and crossed 50,000 points one week after his retirement.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Being cross with a fish interferes with my zen.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Intersect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersect. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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