intercut
verb
in·ter·cut
ˌin-tər-ˈkət 
intercut; intercutting; intercuts
1
: to insert (a contrasting camera shot) into a take by cutting
2
: to insert a contrasting camera shot into (a take) by cutting
: to alternate contrasting camera shots by cutting
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This intercutting and overlapping sound helps create a sense of Lawrence looking back or reflecting on the choice he’s made to intervene and also transitions into a voting sequence that clearly indicates that Adeyemi’s vote tally has been seriously reduced.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Those who felt that part one would have been better suited to a television series will find little to disabuse them of that notion in this installment, which intercuts among its disparate characters and story strands even more rapidly.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
The editors really rub in how bad Ellie’s night is going by intercutting her quietly cleaning up the dinner table as Aesha, the guests, and drag queens have a blast upstairs.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
Ross intercuts archival footage from all over the place, but selectively, so that metaphors of escape and freedom and imprisonment echo throughout the film.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Those who felt that part one would have been better suited to a television series will find little to disabuse them of that notion in this installment, which intercuts among its disparate characters and story strands even more rapidly.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
The editors really rub in how bad Ellie’s night is going by intercutting her quietly cleaning up the dinner table as Aesha, the guests, and drag queens have a blast upstairs.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
Ross intercuts archival footage from all over the place, but selectively, so that metaphors of escape and freedom and imprisonment echo throughout the film.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intercut
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“Intercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercut. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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