cross-cultural
adjective
cross-cul·tur·al
ˈkrȯs-ˈkəlch-rəl 
-ˈkəl-chə-
: dealing with or offering comparison between two or more different cultures or cultural areas
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Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
All beaches in Aruba are public, increasing the chance for cross-cultural connections; my kids often joined beach volleyball games with local teenagers, who all speak English in addition to Dutch and Papiamento, Aruba’s dialect.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
The company’s broader research focuses on identifying cross-cultural patterns in narrative engagement to support adaptable storytelling while preserving emotional impact.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
By the 1990s, IQ alone was no longer enough, as management, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration became essential skills that no standardized test could capture.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
All beaches in Aruba are public, increasing the chance for cross-cultural connections; my kids often joined beach volleyball games with local teenagers, who all speak English in addition to Dutch and Papiamento, Aruba’s dialect.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
The company’s broader research focuses on identifying cross-cultural patterns in narrative engagement to support adaptable storytelling while preserving emotional impact.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
By the 1990s, IQ alone was no longer enough, as management, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration became essential skills that no standardized test could capture.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cross-cultural
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“Cross-cultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-cultural. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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