How to Use cross-reference in a Sentence

cross-reference

1 of 2 noun

• Happily, the show is not up to its cowl in DC cross-references and crossovers.
  — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
• The day care has since implemented a system that cross-references the bus and classroom logs.
  — Doug Myers, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
• Investigators cross-reference this information with other sources to generate leads and make arrests.
  — Larry Seward, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
• To cross-reference a customer record against a policy document, for example, the user has to be able to easily access information from multiple sources at a glance.
  — Mazy Dar, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
• The company's new program cross-references the names of campaign staffers listed in Federal Election Commission data against its own user logs.
  — Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 July 2026

cross-reference

2 of 2 verb

• Us merely one cross-reference, on this line, living out what grain of world history came next.
  — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
• To find their targets in person, the agents cross-reference names on their lists with dockets posted outside courtrooms.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
• But always cross-reference app suggestions against other apps as well as physical tools.
  — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
• The village’s study would also cross-reference the county’s study, officials said.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
• Scammers scrape obituary websites and cross-reference them with people-search databases.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
• People can also search the database by entering a case, citation or cross-reference number.
  — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
• The system then cross-references the license plate with national and local law enforcement databases.
  — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
• The system then cross-references the license plates with national and local law enforcement databases.
  — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
• But how to interpret data, how to cross-reference a fact, and how to write a convincing essay are higher-level transferable skills.
  — Big Think, 28 Jan. 2026
• Once a vessel has piqued his interest, Osman will look up its registration number and cross-reference it against lists of sanctioned ships.
  — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
• Each contains information that human health researchers can cross-reference to study genes important for human health more efficiently.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
• Some even cross-reference leaked Salesforce data with information from previous breaches to build disturbingly complete profiles of their victims.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
• The camera cross-references the sound spike with the exact moment a vehicle passes, photographs the plate, and generates the ticket automatically.
  — Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• By ingesting and cross-referencing this data against their own merchant portfolio, payment providers can quickly flag when a merchant is under regulatory scrutiny.
  — Rochelle Blease, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• His forensic research involves trawling through antiquities housed by museums, auction houses, galleries and others — and cross-referencing them against photos of the trafficked items in the archives.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
• Berlant said that Cal Fire will begin collecting importation records on file with federal agencies, which are publicly available, and cross-reference them with reports submitted to the agency.
  — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• These systems help investigators cross-reference tips, reports, vehicle data and digital evidence more quickly than manual searches.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
• The Tennessean cross-referenced the photo and found it was posted numerous times across multiple social media platforms, not connected to Bushart going back to 2024.
  — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2025
• Nguyen suggested that the OC Animal Care shelter could pull from the pet license database and cross-reference it with the voter registration rolls to see if any more animals might be registered to vote.
  — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
• Behind the scenes, the company cross-references user information against public records like phones and addresses, as well as personal data such as social security numbers and the maturity of digital footprints like emails.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
• But fewer than 25,000 pairs of Nike sneakers in black and gray with a distinctive yellow logo worn by the bomber in video footage were sold, yielding a list of just 1,200 buyers to cross-reference with phone data.
  — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
• The software will then take the travelers’ biometric data, which will be used to cross-reference their passport information (including name, ID number, date of birth, and issue and expiration dates) and verify their arrival and exit.
  — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
• Researchers cross-reference submissions with prewar lists and historical events, sometimes requesting additional documentation before accepting a record.
  — Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
• Authorities are continuing to investigate to corroborate Valencia’s partner’s account, reviewing surveillance footage and cell phone data, and cross-referencing his narrative with the wounds on her body, per local reports.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
• Exploring Pynchon’s novels, and cross-referencing his complex jokes, exercises empathetic cartography.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
• The legislation would require states to verify citizenship status — in some cases by sharing their voter rolls with the Department of Homeland Security — which would then cross-reference the list with its internal citizenship database.
  — Justin Papp, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
• Reporters cross-referenced the department’s records with data from the Motor Carrier Management Information System to ensure only accidents involving commercial trucks were included in the analysis.
  — Justin Mayo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
• Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems use high-speed cameras and software to instantly scan, digitize and cross-reference vehicle license plates against databases to identify vehicles of interest for law enforcement or administrative purposes.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Getty Images Once a subject's iris data is scanned, the technology cross-references more than 265 unique iris characteristics against central registries, such as the Sex Offender Registry, Child Project and Senior Safety Net, 404 Media reported.
  — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025