as in to cross
to divide by passing through or across
an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood
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Both films center on an ensemble cast with holiday-centric stories intersecting between characters.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
The way those factions intersect with the media, darker corners of the internet and Generic American Capitalism is meant to be represented by series’ title, but nothing here is really wild enough to live up to it.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
Aging impacts everyone and therefore intersects and compounds potential bias and stereotyping against other dimensions of diversity.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
In between are storylines involving Benjamin Franklin, an indigenous couple, the guy who invented the La-Z-Boy (!), and many more, all intersecting and overlapping in Roth and Zemeckis’ astonishingly efficient screenplay that flies by in under two hours.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
The way those factions intersect with the media, darker corners of the internet and Generic American Capitalism is meant to be represented by series’ title, but nothing here is really wild enough to live up to it.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
Aging impacts everyone and therefore intersects and compounds potential bias and stereotyping against other dimensions of diversity.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
In between are storylines involving Benjamin Franklin, an indigenous couple, the guy who invented the La-Z-Boy (!), and many more, all intersecting and overlapping in Roth and Zemeckis’ astonishingly efficient screenplay that flies by in under two hours.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Intersect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersect. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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