Meaning & use
intersecting
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Crossing or meeting at a point, or overlapping in a way that connects two or more things.
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The accident happened at a busy intersecting road just outside downtown.
Her research looks at the intersecting effects of poverty and access to healthcare.
A note on using this word
Used literally for lines, roads, or paths that cross, and figuratively for ideas, identities, or issues that overlap and influence each other.
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