intersect
verb
in·ter·sect
ˌin-tər-ˈsekt 
intersected; intersecting; intersects
: to pierce or divide by passing through or across : cross
a comet intersecting earth's orbit
one line intersects another
1
: to meet and cross at a point
lines intersecting at right angles
2
: to share a common area : overlap
where morality and self-interest intersect
Examples of intersect in a Sentence
A dry stream bed intersects the trail in several places.
Line A intersects with line B.
The two roads intersect at the edge of town.
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Aging impacts everyone and therefore intersects and compounds potential bias and stereotyping against other dimensions of diversity.
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Crews were still working to clean up debris from the late Saturday accident and predicted the roadway overpass intersecting with state highway M-52, would be closed until the Michigan Department of Transportation could verify the bridge’s structural integrity.
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Thomas said throughout her legal career, she’s worked to understand how the legal system intersects with everyday people.
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Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
In between are storylines involving Benjamin Franklin, an indigenous couple, the guy who invented the La-Z-Boy (!), and many more, all intersecting and overlapping in Roth and Zemeckis’ astonishingly efficient screenplay that flies by in under two hours.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
Crews were still working to clean up debris from the late Saturday accident and predicted the roadway overpass intersecting with state highway M-52, would be closed until the Michigan Department of Transportation could verify the bridge’s structural integrity.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
Thomas said throughout her legal career, she’s worked to understand how the legal system intersects with everyday people.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Intersect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intersect. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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intersect
verb
in·ter·sect
ˌint-ər-ˈsekt
1
: to divide by passing through or across : cross
one line intersecting another
2
: to meet and cross at one or more points
overlapping circles intersect at two points
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