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Recent Examples of cross-sectional
Perhaps the idea was that business school faculty tend to focus too much on cross-sectional cuts of a company at a particular inflection point.
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Spike indicates that classic area ruling is primarily used to smooth the changes in the cross-sectional area from the nose to the tail.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Spike indicates that classic area ruling is primarily used to smooth the changes in the cross-sectional area from the nose to the tail.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-sectional
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Using a fragmentary, collage-like approach that unites characters from different eras, from the turn of the 20th century to the post–World World II era to the years of GDR rule and on to the present, Schilinski treats history like a constant haunting.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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This fragmentary plot is haunted by disconcerting echoes of the second World War and the Holocaust.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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United’s decade-plus of footballing dysfunction owes a partial debt to hiring processes that can make sense in the moment, but leave head coaches overexposed.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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According to scientists, a molecular dipole arises when a molecule has partial positive and partial negative charge regions, giving the molecule an overall polarity that points in a specific direction.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When the Knights advanced all the way to a Class 1A sectional final, Lenarz was reduced to cheering from the bench.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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More than 3,000 ecstatic fans of the Seymour Owls and their opposing teams attended more than 20 sectional titles by 1970, and the school system used the gym until 1981, according to Indiana Landmarks.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The team made it to the NFC Championship Game in 2023 and bowed out of the postseason in the divisional round last year.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Hard to fathom, but Dak’s best chance to reach the Super Bowl came in his rookie season, when the Cowboy lost to the Packers on a last-second field goal in a 2016 NFC divisional round game.—
Mac Engel
September 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Enjoy local food, live music, competitions and more.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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There is no mistaking that the Democrats are on thin ice with their knee-jerk and obligatory nods to local prerogative.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cross-sectional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-sectional. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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