Synonyms of cross sections

cross sections

noun

plural of cross section

as in samples

a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole

a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population

Synonyms & Similar Words

• samples
• samplings
• selections
• samplers
• slices
• instances
• examples
• specimens
• representatives
• paradigms
• exemplifications
• prototypes
• cases
• illustrations
• classics
• archetypes
• loci classici
• exemplars
• microcosms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cross sections

Width, density and spacing in cross sections of the tree rings document floods, droughts and hurricane landfalls. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 June 2026

The narrative features, however, such as 2010’s My Joy or 2017’s A Gentle Creature, were rich, rambling, surreal, maximalist, following characters on absurd quests through cross sections of bureaucracy and society. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026