as in to cross
to divide by passing through or across
an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood
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Recent Examples of intersect
This is how sports betting and athletes have intersected for much of the past six months.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
The project interviewed forty artists about their lives, their work, and how the AIDS crisis intersected and permeated both.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026
Lopez also intersected with two coaches who were a huge part of his evolution — Kenny Atkinson and Mike Budenholzer — and the greater trend line in the league in the 2010s.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Footage of giant yellow black-eyed Susan flowers beams onto the wall from one projector, intersecting with video of swaying plants from another.
—Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
The project interviewed forty artists about their lives, their work, and how the AIDS crisis intersected and permeated both.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026
Lopez also intersected with two coaches who were a huge part of his evolution — Kenny Atkinson and Mike Budenholzer — and the greater trend line in the league in the 2010s.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Footage of giant yellow black-eyed Susan flowers beams onto the wall from one projector, intersecting with video of swaying plants from another.
—Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersect
cross
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Historically, barrels of Madeira spent months crossing tropical oceans aboard ships, and merchants realized that the heat actually improved the wine rather than ruining it.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Everyone should stay weather aware and keep checking back to forecasts as another line of severe storms with possible damaging winds crosses the area later Thursday.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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“Intersect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersect. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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