Thesaurus results for BISECTS

bisects

verb

present tense third-person singular of bisect

as in intersects

to divide by passing through or across the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany

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Recent Examples of bisects Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it. — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026 The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 The supracoracoid fenestra is a large hole that nearly bisects the shoulder bone. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 Hobart City attorney Heather McCarthy said the petitioners will need to provide the city with an approval letter from NIPSCO since a NIPSCO line that bisects the property is owned by that utility. — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 On one side, cars speed past on the two-lane road that bisects the southern part of the state. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026 The duffel features zippered compartments on both ends, a mesh internal organization pocket, and a removable divider that bisects the generous main compartment, which is easily accessible via a 270-degree-zippered flap. — Drew Zieff, Outside, 17 Feb. 2026 Rancho Cordova was shaped in part by Folsom Boulevard, which bisects the densest section of the city and served, historically, as a highway stretching northeast from downtown Sacramento, said City Councilmember Linda Budge. — Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025 On August 20, Israel approved the construction of the controversial E1 settlement that effectively bisects the West Bank; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly framed the move as a response to calls for Palestinian statehood. — Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025

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The string will now form a straight line that intersects the y-axis at 12—giving the answer of 3 × 4 = 12.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
The timing also intersects with the beginning of the school year.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

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Across from Laurel, a Black woman crosses her arms over her stomach, her short Afro behind a headband.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
The impact on schools is especially striking, says Marie Gorette Mutuyimana, a primary school teacher of 28 years who crosses the river twice every weekday to get to and from work.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

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