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crossbeam

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Definition of crossbeam

as in beam

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Recent Examples of crossbeam In the footage, the driver can be seen climbing over a railing and going under the span, moving between crossbeams while more than 200 feet above the water. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 But above the ruins, perched in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, a 35-foot-tall structure made of bright lights and giant metal crossbeams had withstood the flames spread by the Santa Ana winds. — Cheri Mossburg, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025 Six hours later, Kim and David watched their prize hauled tail-first to the crossbeam of the scales back at Darenberg’s dock in Montauk. — Pat Smith, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025 That section once held a restaurant, a public restroom building, and several sea lion viewing holes — openings in the decking used to watch the pinnipeds lolling on the crossbeams below. — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for crossbeam

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Shrinking and reshaping the light The researchers used an ultrafast laser and engineered its beam so that its energy was concentrated into an extremely small region.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
These timber floor structures negate the need for downstand beams (which project below the underside of the floor slab and support it).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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Ironworkers bolted the last girder into place on the Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower) on May 3, 1973.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
In the distance, an impressive railway bridge, its steel girders painted bright white, stretches across the shimmering landscape, apparently untouched by the US and Israeli strikes that battered and scarred parts of Iran earlier this year.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 13 May 2026

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Maybe the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the federal interagency board which reviews overseas buyers’ acquisitions, will go on to okay the arrangement, as required.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
Since her departure from the streamer in September 2020, Holland had taken on board and advisory roles before returning to the executive ranks as Global CEO of Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone‘s Sister in 2023.

— Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

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