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to divide by passing through or across
an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood
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Recent Examples of intersecting
Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
Such a driver, which could be from an intersecting road or a driveway, faces many sources of potential crashes.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the FedEx plane continued its landing on the intersecting runway.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
From orbit, the intersecting ridges resemble a massive spiderweb sprawled across the Martian surface.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Among the first studio films shot on digital video, the film uses an innovative real-time split-screen technique, with multiple cameras capturing intersecting action and storylines on a stretch of Sunset Boulevard near the beloved Book Soup (which is still there).
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Four actors sit in chairs squared up to the lip of the stage and recount their intersecting lives and deaths from what seems to be the future.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Across these intersecting stories, Al-Khatib looks beyond the spectacle of war, resisting the notion that lives can be reduced to headlines and politics.
—Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
Spanning 13 tracks, the album navigates the complexities of the human experience through the intersecting lenses of technology and nature.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Together, experts paint a picture of a sector where formal investment risks intersecting with criminal governance, armed violence and illicit supply chains.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The most precise atomic clocks trap atoms in an optical lattice, a pattern of light and dark formed by intersecting lasers.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Another contributing factor to long lines is that the partial shutdown is intersecting with spring break.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 20 Mar. 2026
Four of those lines crisscrossed the city, intersecting to allow for passengers to transfer.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2026
But faculty say the fields are broad, intersecting with health, disability studies, literature, education, information studies and public policy.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Adapting and expanding upon a lean Don Winslow novella, Layton adds many sometimes unnecessarily complex ingredients to the pot, with characters intersecting and allegiances and motivations often contradicting one another.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
Our small lives intersecting and sustaining one another.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The result is a potentially perfect storm of intersecting factors that could pop the artificial intelligence industry bubble.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
Such a driver, which could be from an intersecting road or a driveway, faces many sources of potential crashes.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the FedEx plane continued its landing on the intersecting runway.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
From orbit, the intersecting ridges resemble a massive spiderweb sprawled across the Martian surface.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Among the first studio films shot on digital video, the film uses an innovative real-time split-screen technique, with multiple cameras capturing intersecting action and storylines on a stretch of Sunset Boulevard near the beloved Book Soup (which is still there).
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Four actors sit in chairs squared up to the lip of the stage and recount their intersecting lives and deaths from what seems to be the future.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Across these intersecting stories, Al-Khatib looks beyond the spectacle of war, resisting the notion that lives can be reduced to headlines and politics.
—Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
Spanning 13 tracks, the album navigates the complexities of the human experience through the intersecting lenses of technology and nature.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
That makes sense, especially intersecting with Homelander’s own quasi-religious journey taking shape this season.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Together, experts paint a picture of a sector where formal investment risks intersecting with criminal governance, armed violence and illicit supply chains.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The most precise atomic clocks trap atoms in an optical lattice, a pattern of light and dark formed by intersecting lasers.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Another contributing factor to long lines is that the partial shutdown is intersecting with spring break.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 20 Mar. 2026
Four of those lines crisscrossed the city, intersecting to allow for passengers to transfer.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2026
But faculty say the fields are broad, intersecting with health, disability studies, literature, education, information studies and public policy.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Adapting and expanding upon a lean Don Winslow novella, Layton adds many sometimes unnecessarily complex ingredients to the pot, with characters intersecting and allegiances and motivations often contradicting one another.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
Our small lives intersecting and sustaining one another.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersecting
Adjective
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In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
27 Mar. 2026
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Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Garrett Nicholas, 21, was struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning while crossing the street, just steps from his fraternity house.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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After crossing Hospital Road, the tornado traveled east, strengthening once again to an EF-2, according to the National Weather Service.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Fed officials then could look through the March spike and concentrate more on the underlying path of inflation, which has remained above target for five years.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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One said an underlying measure of inflation the Federal Reserve considers important was slightly hotter in February than economists expected.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Intersecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersecting. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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