intersect
verb (used with object)
to cut or divide by passing through or across.
has intersected
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present perfectof intersect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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No one questions that Mr. Biden, a 53-year-old Yale-educated lawyer, has had significant personal troubles and pursued a professional path that has intersected with his father’s in ways that raised ethical issues.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
This is not the first time Stamets’s career has intersected with speculative space science.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 3, 2021
Their research has intersected with computer science and communications engineering to lay the foundations for many online platforms, Coyle adds.
From Nature ● Oct. 12, 2020
But the Costume Institute’s show’s more important mandate is to try to contextualize camp by showing how it has intersected with both fashion and the larger culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2019
The resurgence of feminism has intersected with hippydom and seen a renewed interest in womb worship, most notably in the form of the Spirit Weavers Gathering, an all-female Californian camp dubbed “the world’s chicest cult”.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2017
