as in to intersect
to divide by passing through or across
the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany
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Recent Examples of bisect
The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner swinging a pickax.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
This disproportionately affects people of color, whose communities are often bisected by urban highways because of discriminatory housing and development policies.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
Going-to-the-Sun Road, which bisects Glacier National Park while connecting the small gateway communities of West Glacier and St. Mary, might be the most scenic two-lane blacktop in the entire national park system.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
The corridor, which runs south of Gaza City, bisects the territory and has been a key area of Israeli control.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
This disproportionately affects people of color, whose communities are often bisected by urban highways because of discriminatory housing and development policies.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
Going-to-the-Sun Road, which bisects Glacier National Park while connecting the small gateway communities of West Glacier and St. Mary, might be the most scenic two-lane blacktop in the entire national park system.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
The corridor, which runs south of Gaza City, bisects the territory and has been a key area of Israeli control.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bisect
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Intertwined with vivid descriptions of the horrific collateral damage in the city itself are intersecting narratives that remind us how persistently the dramas of daily life can exist even when the world is in flames.—
Alida Becker,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The dispute raises critical questions about community governance limits when personal tributes intersect with aesthetic regulations.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Interest on the debt just crossed $1 trillion annually — more than the U.S. spends on defense, Medicaid, disability insurance, and food stamps combined.—
Don Muir,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Her career crossed a certain threshold of seriousness.—
Charlie Tyson,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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“Bisect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisect. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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