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intersect

[in-ter-sekt] / ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt /


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Ari’s and Ibari’s stories are parallel—full of echoes and doubling—but they also intersect, as characters cross from one world to the other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Integratron archive doesn’t just intersect with the Huntington’s collections on aerospace and architecture, it captures a niche chapter in the history of California, Chase said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

My research on how these movements evolve online and intersect with political activists and extremist networks was directly relevant to tracing how COVID-origin claims moved from fringe communities into mainstream political discourse.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 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

In the use of commonplaces, you can see where logos and ethos intersect.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 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

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

This street intersects this street intersects this street.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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

The extraordinarily high rates of poverty, crime, and unemployment in Chester intersected with the worst-ranked public school system among Pennsylvania's 501 districts.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

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

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Loved the intersecting lines of transit routes on the map, the crisp procession of times on the schedule.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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