as in to cross
to divide by passing through or across
an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood
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Cabinet members are typically required to divest themselves of financial interests that intersect with their department’s oversight role, which in Duffy’s case involve U.S. roadways, aviation and the rest of the nation’s transportation network.
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Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Businessman Gil Moore’s property 20 miles southeast of Sacramento sits back from a rural road that intersects with the landmark Sheldon Inn Restaurant and Bar.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Arriving in May 2000, the album perfectly captured the inflection point of the early internet era as digital and human worlds, past and present, began to intersect.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2025
Boulders intersect the first section of path as a metaphor for the journey of an individual out of homelessness onto a healthier and happier life course.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Businessman Gil Moore’s property 20 miles southeast of Sacramento sits back from a rural road that intersects with the landmark Sheldon Inn Restaurant and Bar.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Arriving in May 2000, the album perfectly captured the inflection point of the early internet era as digital and human worlds, past and present, began to intersect.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2025
Boulders intersect the first section of path as a metaphor for the journey of an individual out of homelessness onto a healthier and happier life course.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersect
cross
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Interest on the debt just crossed $1 trillion annually — more than the U.S. spends on defense, Medicaid, disability insurance, and food stamps combined.—
Don Muir,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Her career crossed a certain threshold of seriousness.—
Charlie Tyson,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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“Intersect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersect. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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