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crisscrossing

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verb

present participle of crisscross

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crisscrossing
Adjective
  • There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Clad in charred cedar, concrete and sawn limestone, the home’s intersecting volumes vault over an outdoor living space that’s shaded from the Texas sun by the living area above.
    Fred Albert, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • The narrative unravels a web of dark, intersecting secrets within a residential building, catalyzed by the mysterious disappearance of a young boy on the winter solstice.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Most crypto tokens have an indirect relationship with the underlying platform activity, but hyperliquid is different.
    Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 6 June 2026
  • The underlying legislation, also introduced by Meeks, who is the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, passed in a 226 to 195 vote.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • Officials prohibit visitors from crossing, climbing or sitting on safety barriers on both sides of the falls, Jam Press noted.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026
  • Why kill an innocent man for crossing an arbitrary line in the sand?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.
    Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Crisscrossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscrossing. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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