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intersect

[in-ter-sekt] / ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt /


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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

Their restaurants become places where those identities intersect.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 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

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

Where the circles intersect is what they have in common.

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

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

That’s where the similarity, if there is any, intersects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 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

Beneath her fingertips, the miniature rue d’Estrees intersects the miniature rue Vauborel.

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

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

I know how they intersected in real life, but when do I show that?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

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

While these reforms were desperately needed, deinstitutionalization intersected with the spread of mass imprisonment policies—expanding criminal statutes and harsh sentencing—to disastrous effect.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

By the time he created “Curb,” melding intricately intersecting tales of quotidian annoyances with improvised dialogue, Mr. David was firmly in charge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He listens to them, as they navigate their complicated feelings, closely tracking the way their intersecting paths lead them toward incremental revelation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

I remember we came up to a crossroad, sand everywhere, the outline of two intersecting roads.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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