intersect
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Edmonds and Frahm ask: "What and who determined a king's 'canonicity'? How did this intersect with Assyrian cultural memory or notions of kingship? Was the AKL's function at all practical, or solely ceremonial?"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 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
When the Sun, Earth and Moon align near one of the points where their orbital paths intersect, eclipse seasons occur, producing both solar and lunar eclipses within a matter of weeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Over the last five years, there has been a significant shift in how fashion and sports intersect, both on and off the court, with athletes’ influence extending beyond the court and into culture at large.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
With Richardson’s curve and the simplest extrapolation for the future growth of the human population, the two curves do not intersect until the thirtieth century or so, and Doomsday is deferred.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The question becomes more prominent when it intersects with governance questions like a closely divided vote or succession concerns.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
With a passion for human-interest storytelling and cultural reporting, she has reported on gender as it intersects with arts, pop culture, sports and politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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
More broadly, energy policy intersects with industrial policy in a manner that echoes his China thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Twelve miles on foot brought him to Topock, Arizona, a dusty way station along Interstate 40 where the freeway intersects the California border.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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The rare docuseries that’s too short, each episode favors breadth over depth but does reveal how sports increasingly intersected with American culture and politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Our soundtrack aptly intersected folk and country, and while we listened to anything anyone recommended, Cash was our mainstay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Sheikh Radwan includes the areas of Abu Iskandar, al-Tawam, and al-Saftawi, and is intersected by al-Jalaa Street, a vital artery linking central Gaza City with its northern districts.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Nobody, however, was affected more powerfully by his or her brief contact with the boy than Ronald Franz, who was eighty years old when their paths intersected in January 1992.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Its intersecting wings provide natural light to every room, a legal requirement that can be difficult to meet in modern commercial buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The film’s narrative is scattered across two intersecting timelines that steadily build tension, suspicion and intrigue.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
That is similar to an August case, in which ICE agents attempted to box in a truck in San Bernardino, Calif. In that instance, the driver was able to turn right onto an intersecting street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 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
Then he made a cross with his arms, intersecting at the wrists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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