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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  • The string will now form a straight line that intersects the y-axis at 12—giving the answer of 3 × 4 = 12.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The timing also intersects with the beginning of the school year.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of intersects
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  • Once the inventory crosses that hard threshold, the law explicitly prohibits these routine limited drawdowns.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Pluto fails at this because its orbit actually crosses Neptune's, and it's accompanied by other Kuiper belt objects in neighboring orbits.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 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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