crossover

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Recent Examples of crossover Cooper, an eight-time All-Defensive Team selection, had little answer for Floyd’s mix of spin moves, crossover dribbles and floaters. Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020 Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience. Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020 Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson. Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020 The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for crossover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossover
Adjective
  • Comments Traveling in a comfortable airport outfit is crucial, especially for long flights.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2025
  • Chief among them is the protection of our maisons’ intellectual property — now crucial in the face of dupes and counterfeiting — as well as questions related to social and environmental responsibility.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • According to George Dimov, CPA, founder and CEO of Dimov Tax, the middle of the year offers a critical but underused window for strategic decisions.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • At least two of those injured were listed as critical according to Adams.
    Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • The life-and-death stakes series starred Zoe Cipres, The White Lotus‘s Kekoa Kekumano, Arielle Kebbel, Robbie Magasiva, Adam Demos and Alex Aiono.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
  • Leon Rose watched in the first round of the playoffs as his team played a life-and-death series with a young and inexperienced Pistons team, one that felt as if both teams had match points in every single game.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • But one fateful summer, I got called up to go up to Saratoga Race Course and work for a print publication called The Saratoga Special.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
  • But once the crew sets out on a fateful cattle drive to Montana, confronting the hazards (both elemental and human) of the still-wild West, the novel becomes a dizzying adventure, pulling more and more characters into its wide, braided narrative.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
  • In a statement, Furla said 80 percent of its employees are women from 80 nationalities, and 53 percent hold apical positions, including C-level roles.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • China hit back by putting export curbs on some rare earth elements, vital for U.S. manufacturers of weapons and electronic consumer goods, and raising tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%.
    Emma Farge, USA Today, 12 May 2025
  • The combine is vital for aspiring players to show their skills to scouts before the NBA draft on June 25-26.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • For a country so historically averse to government debt, the speed and scope of these decisions demonstrate how deeply German officials believe that the change in Europe’s relationship with the United States is epochal.
    Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
  • Pember’s journalism and advocacy, along with that of a growing number of writers and activists, both Native and not, are making clear the scope and impact of one major pillar of this epochal injustice.
    Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
  • This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin.
    Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 19 July 2023

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“Crossover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossover. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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