crosstown
adjective
cross·town
ˈkrȯs-ˈtau̇n 
1
: situated at opposite points of a town
crosstown schools
2
: extending or running across a town
a crosstown street
a crosstown bus
Examples of crosstown in a Sentence
The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
We rode a crosstown bus.
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The New York Yankees and New York Mets are crosstown rivals, and the rivalry got a new twist when Juan Soto left the Bronx for Queens last winter.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
And while Anthropic and its Claude family of AI models don’t have quite the same brand recognition as crosstown rival OpenAI and its ChatGPT products, over the past year Claude has quietly emerged as the model that businesses seem to like best.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
The converted wide receiver rushed for 212 yards and three scores while also passing for 131 yards and two touchdowns as the Bulldogs bested Lynn Classical, 36-6, in the 112th meeting of the crosstown rivals.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
The crosstown rivals' first meeting of the season got chippy when Clippers guard Kris Dunn was ejected with 3:33 to play after knocking Doncic to the ground with a hit to his back.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
And while Anthropic and its Claude family of AI models don’t have quite the same brand recognition as crosstown rival OpenAI and its ChatGPT products, over the past year Claude has quietly emerged as the model that businesses seem to like best.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
The converted wide receiver rushed for 212 yards and three scores while also passing for 131 yards and two touchdowns as the Bulldogs bested Lynn Classical, 36-6, in the 112th meeting of the crosstown rivals.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
The crosstown rivals' first meeting of the season got chippy when Clippers guard Kris Dunn was ejected with 3:33 to play after knocking Doncic to the ground with a hit to his back.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Crosstown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crosstown. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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crosstown
adjective
cross·town
ˈkrȯ-ˈstau̇n
1
: being on different sides of a town
schools that are crosstown rivals
2
: going across a town
a crosstown bus
crosstown
adverb
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