intersected

past tense of intersect
as in crossed
to divide by passing through or across an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood

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Recent Examples of intersected Lloyd and Wash never intersected — Wash served as the defensive coordinator there from 2016 to 2020, leaving two years prior to Lloyd’s drafting — but Lloyd heard flattering stories from his friends and teammates. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026 The men and women, both of whom split their home games between Hartford and M&T Bank Center at Gampel Pavilion on campus, have staged periodic doubleheaders in the years since, when schedules intersected. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026 Harnick’s professional life has also intersected with his mother’s career. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 30 Oct. 2026 Their lives have intersected over the years in Hollywood and beyond as their careers evolved. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 From 2021 to 2022, NFT trading intersected with the contemporary art world most dramatically at major auction houses. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Soares’s work intersected with some of the defining figures in international music, from Argentine tango composer and arranger Astor Piazzolla to jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 In its northern section, excavators found a main street running east to west; this is intersected by a road running south to north, indicating some level of urban planning within the fortification. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 These symmetrical shapes each consist of faces that are identical polygons (n-gons), where each vertex is intersected by exactly m edges. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersected
crossed
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  • Leo's mention of bridges in his homily resonated with Laiana Córdoba, who drove 20 hours and crossed the border from Cascavel, in southern Brazil, to hear it.
    — ISABEL DEBRE, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Flournoy was briefly considered for the State Department, but this threshold had already been crossed by Madeleine Albright and Clinton herself, while the Pentagon was still waiting for its first-ever female chief.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Intersected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersected. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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