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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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.
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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
Along the way, Levinson intercuts between Genovese’s and Costello’s lives while also splicing in later interview footage, black-and-white slides of the old days, flashbulbs exploding, and snippets of other scenes.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Levinson also employs various stylistic devices, including intercutting a murder with scenes from the 1949 gangster classic White Heat, that feel strained.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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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
Along the way, Levinson intercuts between Genovese’s and Costello’s lives while also splicing in later interview footage, black-and-white slides of the old days, flashbulbs exploding, and snippets of other scenes.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Levinson also employs various stylistic devices, including intercutting a murder with scenes from the 1949 gangster classic White Heat, that feel strained.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intercut
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“Intercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercut. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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