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decussated

verb

past tense of decussate
as in crisscrossed

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  1. intersected
  2. crossed
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  • The shift coincided with the decline of vert skating and the rise of street skating, which increasingly intersected with hip-hop and fashion culture.
    — Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Her protocol had intersected somewhat with his own desperate push.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of intersected
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  • Just east of the creek – which was crossed by a stone bridge built in 1896 – Monticello's main street branched north from the highway near Gunn Ranch.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This includes images from Mars rovers starting in the 1990s and data showing that both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 crossed into interstellar space in the 2010s.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Decussated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decussated. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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