bisecting

present participle of bisect
as in intersecting
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 bisecting The train winds up Michigan’s west coast, offering brief but sweeping views of Lake Michigan and bisecting lush, Midwestern farmland dotted with trees resplendent in their autumn wardrobes. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park. — Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026 Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025 The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a giant storm drain nearly a century ago to contain flood waters. — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025 Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street. — Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025 On May 6, the sun began shining on the south side and the rings reappeared, albeit as nothing more than a thin bright line bisecting Saturn's disk. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bisecting
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  • This puzzle is stuffed with nuance, pleasing crosses and a lot of simply terrific, ridiculously evocative stuff — for example, a jarring assortment of lovely trivia intersecting with some hideous ailments at more than one juncture.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • As attacks escalate between Ethiopia and Tigrayan rebels, intersecting wars could deepen instability across regions already mired in conflict.
    — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • That also means more of the pipeline would be on his property to make up for what is not crossing his neighbors’.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And yet crossing the trillion-dollar mark is a remarkable achievement, whether or not AMD continues to straddle the border.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Bisecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisecting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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