intersect
verb (used with object)
to cut or divide by passing through or across.
is intersecting
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present progressiveof intersect (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The risks are likely to vary from one site to the next, and more studies are needed to understand exactly how the legacy of coal mining is intersecting with the growing influence of climate change.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 3, 2022
“We live in a world of overlapping crises and everything is intersecting, so it opens the door of, OK, are we speaking out on all these issues? We haven’t figured that out perfectly,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021
No. What’s unusual about this counterintelligence case is that it is intersecting at so many points with a criminal investigation.
From Slate ● May 1, 2018
In an era where old media is being replaced rapidly by digital media and citizen journalism, nonprofit media organizations are paying close attention to the ways in which philanthropy is intersecting with journalism.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2016
When the second wire is retained at rest in the vicinity the principal wire, no current is induced through it, for it is intersecting no magnetic curves.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
