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 Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 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 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 Her political commentary later intersected directly with the Fever rivalry. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities. — ABC News, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersected
crossed
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  • Berger spent a year and a half at the company from 1994, where his paths crossed with Basner.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
  • She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Intersected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersected. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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