as in to intersect
to divide by passing through or across
the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany
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In order for the project to go forward, Yucaipa’s City Council must both approve it and update a 2008 plan that specifies how the city’s freeway corridor — a 1,200-acre area bisected by Interstate 10 — should be developed.
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
First came the curious talk surrounding the 10-minute intermission that bisects the movie — a commercially challenging choice that nonetheless feels integral to its construction.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Pine Avenue Starting at the north end sits the city of Anna Maria anchored by Pine Avenue, Bean's original sand-and-seashell main street that bisects the island.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
Roughly 15 million people—one-third of Ukraine’s population—live between the Dnieper River, which bisects the country, and the Russian border.
—John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
First came the curious talk surrounding the 10-minute intermission that bisects the movie — a commercially challenging choice that nonetheless feels integral to its construction.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Pine Avenue Starting at the north end sits the city of Anna Maria anchored by Pine Avenue, Bean's original sand-and-seashell main street that bisects the island.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
Roughly 15 million people—one-third of Ukraine’s population—live between the Dnieper River, which bisects the country, and the Russian border.
—John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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