intercut
verb
in·ter·cut
ˌin-tər-ˈkət 
intercut; intercutting; intercuts
1
: to insert (a contrasting camera shot) into a take by cutting
2
: to insert a contrasting camera shot into (a take) by cutting
: to alternate contrasting camera shots by cutting
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For the series, Cavell has the Tim and Luke stories intercutting from the start.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Meanwhile the editor wanted to foreshadow all the characters that would ultimately make the winning team by intercutting moments of dialogue with each of them at the beginning.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Jia intercuts this early section with documentary scenes of young people dancing at Chinese discos, going wild with pleasure in a way their parents, who toiled through the Cultural Revolution, could not have imagined.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Hess intercuts three different versions of Benjamin’s story into the drama—Benjamin’s own mental image of it, the older writer’s mental image of it, and the teen filmmakers’ movie of it—along with the latter movie’s making-of.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Meanwhile the editor wanted to foreshadow all the characters that would ultimately make the winning team by intercutting moments of dialogue with each of them at the beginning.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Jia intercuts this early section with documentary scenes of young people dancing at Chinese discos, going wild with pleasure in a way their parents, who toiled through the Cultural Revolution, could not have imagined.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Hess intercuts three different versions of Benjamin’s story into the drama—Benjamin’s own mental image of it, the older writer’s mental image of it, and the teen filmmakers’ movie of it—along with the latter movie’s making-of.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
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“Intercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercut. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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