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 first phase also includes 875 residential units in 105-foot-tall buildings and commercial space east of a new street, Frontier Drive, that bisects the site between Kurtz Street to the north and Sports Arena Boulevard to the south.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
The western boundary includes a portion of A Street and follows railroad tracks bisecting the city.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Israeli ground forces pushed further into Gaza on Wednesday, taking over parts of a major corridor that bisects the enclave.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner swinging a pickax.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
The western boundary includes a portion of A Street and follows railroad tracks bisecting the city.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Israeli ground forces pushed further into Gaza on Wednesday, taking over parts of a major corridor that bisects the enclave.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner swinging a pickax.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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Viewers will remember that Sheppard showed up in the season premiere, when his investigation of a deadly biker gang intersected with the Organized Crime Control Bureau’s pursuit of a dirty trucking company.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Three kilometres east and intersected by San Sebastien airport is Irun.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Pakistan is now one step closer to joining the ranks of countries that have eliminated MNT, with only 10 nations left to cross the finish line.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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There's a callback to that scene late in the film when the knights must answer three questions to cross the Bridge of Death or else be chucked into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Bisect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisect. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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