crisscrosses

verb

present tense third-person singular of crisscross
as in intersects

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  1. intersects
  2. crosses
  3. bisects
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  • Their simulations focused on where the protective layer intersects the electrolyte, the lithium metal anode, and the cathode materials.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • That answer matters because audiences have become increasingly skeptical whenever patriotism intersects with marketing.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of intersects
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  • Once a victim crosses a jurisdictional line, everything that happened on the other side of it too often gets lost in the nowhere land of bureaucracy and red tape.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • The trail crosses Romania diagonally, running from the rural commune of Putna to the city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
    — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Definition of crosses
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  • Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it.
    — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of bisects
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