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Recent Examples of crosscut
No longer was the audience in its familiar seat of omniscient spectator, denying the editor the ability to crosscut and seamlessly switch perspectives across the action.
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Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
17 Jan. 2025
The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?
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Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
Stack two of the 11¾-inch rips and crosscut them to 33 inches long (photo 2).
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Joseph Truini,
Popular Mechanics,
24 Jan. 2023
The scene is crosscut with Alicent copulating with the King—disinterestedly and out of duty.
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Josh St. Clair,
Men's Health,
12 Sep. 2022
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Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
17 Jan. 2025
The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?
—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
Stack two of the 11¾-inch rips and crosscut them to 33 inches long (photo 2).
—
Joseph Truini,
Popular Mechanics,
24 Jan. 2023
The scene is crosscut with Alicent copulating with the King—disinterestedly and out of duty.
—
Josh St. Clair,
Men's Health,
12 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosscut
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Before police took him into custody, Tran slit his wrists, cut his neck and poked the blade into his stomach, but all of the wounds were superficial.
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If it’s baked in a loaf pan, go ahead and slit the top of the batter before baking.
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.
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The delays were split nearly evenly, affecting 332 flights departing the Denver airport and 287 flights arriving, according to FlightAware.
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Pizza Tascio — a Kansas City-area restaurant chain with seven existing locations — is about to slice its newest spot.
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After being used only as a second-half substitute against Cape Verde, he was thrown in from the start on Sunday and wasted no time in making his presence felt, repeatedly slicing through the Saudi defense before turning home Mikel Oyarzabal's cross.
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Keywords Studios is slashing 128 jobs in San Francisco.
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Nor slashing domestic draft bonuses from last year’s payout of $401 million to $200 million.
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With the jet tipped on its side and nearly sheared in half, several people managed to climb out it while a firefighter using a small ladder rescued the last remaining passenger who appeared to be unconscious.
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Drivers who came upon the burning plane, which was nearly sheared in half and tipped on its side, captured dramatic rescue scenes on video or rushed toward the aircraft on foot to help.
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Pride flags are once again blowing in the breeze on Kings Highway in Haddonfield, New Jersey, less than 48 hours after police say a man ripped most of them down in the middle of the borough's busy business district.
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Sequined trousers resembled jeans, while ripped denim was finished with fine silver chains.
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The current unrest first erupted in May after Paz cut long-standing fuel subsidies to shrink the deficit.
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Some analysts expect Apple could benefit as manufacturers of Android devices cut specs or raise prices.
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That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death.
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While there was a myth that lesbians don’t actually scissor, that has since been debunked.
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“Crosscut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosscut. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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