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intersect

[in-ter-sekt] / ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt /


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The breakthrough emerged from a collaboration between researchers specializing in two areas that do not often intersect: optics, which focuses on light, and magnetic materials.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Our lives are inextricably bound up in giant networks of data that begin, end, and intersect with 6-inch screens we carry around in our pockets.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

Primarily, the problem is that leaders of the world’s major countries aren’t doing anything as these threats continue, expand and intersect.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

In his column, Adam reports on food trends as they intersect with business and culture, from the secret economy behind ramp season to the blood feud between Diet Coke and Coke Zero drinkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Where the circles intersect is what they have in common.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

AI is as prevalent in the career fields with which academic research intersects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The heightened attention to the substance comes as wellness intersects more deeply with health, and as GLP-1 weight-loss medications alter the way Americans eat.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Kane said the show would be a great way to celebrate, adding: "What a delightful coincidence that the age of the theatre intersects with the age of our protagonists."

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

I’d never given much thought to ABBA, but as a Vietnamese American who grew up in the ’80s, I’ve become increasingly curious about how the Swedish pop group intersects with the Viet experience.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

She stops where the alley intersects with the road.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

The city is built on former marshlands and is intersected by a network of canals, many of them heavily flooded by the rains.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Amplitude said the well in southeastern Australia’s Otway Basin intersected a gas-bearing section of the primary Waarre-C reservoir.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Cummings’ career intersected with the CIA from the start, a fact he never denied, for it added an air of mystery to his often mundane gun-selling operations.

From Slate ● May 25, 2025

Claire hiked away from the education buildings and hesitated at the corner, where several paths intersected.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

The result is a society imbued with ignorance, indifference and even disdain for individuals wrestling with intersecting challenges of aging and cognitive impairment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

The film’s narrative is scattered across two intersecting timelines that steadily build tension, suspicion and intrigue.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

This has led to growing interest in gridshells, which use intersecting curved elements of metal, glass or timber to span wide areas without interior supports.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025

And just the all the intersecting dynamics of that, I found it really exciting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

Colin turned away from Lindsey and looked at the intersecting roads before him, both utterly abandoned.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green


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