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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 Tributary derives its name from First Creek, which bisects the land and will help define the new community, including in its design. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026 The glow of her computer occasionally caught her sharp cheekbones and bounced off her chin, highlighting the thin tattooed line that bisects it. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 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

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New satellite imagery shows a growing complex near Lop Nur, where China’s nuclear testing history now intersects with its push for next-generation airpower.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of intersects

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Verification, Tambe said, gets more complicated when an agent’s work crosses organizational functions.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Each fall, Earth crosses different parts of this sprawling debris stream, producing the overlapping Northern and Southern Taurids and, occasionally, the larger fragments that create spectacular fireballs.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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