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intersect

[in-ter-sekt] / ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt /


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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

Their measurements uncovered a dense network of magnetic nodal lines, which are special topological band crossings where two spin-polarized electronic states intersect continuously without forming an energy gap.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Weese’s design virtuosity reaches its apex at the appropriately named Metro Center, where two vaults intersect.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Their lives didn’t naturally intersect quite the same way, and Leila’s introversion didn’t invite much else.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The question becomes more prominent when it intersects with governance questions like a closely divided vote or succession concerns.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

It’s caused by the saliva in a tick and how it intersects with the immune response of certain people.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

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

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

She describes their sparkling years of early adulthood, when their lives intersected with an array of luminaries that included Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

Elsbeth creator Jonathan Tolins says the script was always planned to be bold, and though real life intersected in uncanny ways, the episode wasn’t rewritten to reflect it.

From Salon Oct. 13, 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

Thankfully he turned down the street they’d intersected, which was level.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

“To put my intersecting communities on the map, was one of the greatest feelings and one of the greatest accomplishments.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 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

"Coming though it there are a lot of intersecting country roads."

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

Catherine Telford Keogh’s “Cradlers” at Socrates raises steel and aluminum high into the air on poles, intersecting constructions that look like fragments from a spaceship’s hull with fossiliferous limestone blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

They passed a couple of intersecting paths, but the way was always certain.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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