crosscut

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for crosscut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosscut
Verb
  • Nicholson repeatedly stabbed her and slit her throat before stuffing her into a large plastic bin with her arms and legs sticking out, Porter said.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • If it’s baked in a loaf pan, go ahead and slit the top of the batter before baking.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Six years of countersuits, appeals and legal wrangling followed, with suggestions that the only way to resolve the matter might be to split up the property, Texas Monthly reported.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • District lines fracture communities that share common needs and concerns — splitting two more counties and 14 more cities than our current map.
    Jon Harris Maurer, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • At the counter, Sakeena was slicing slabs of goat meat into small cubes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • Chris Sale sliced and diced and Drake Baldwin banged and bashed as the Braves beat the Rockies 9-1 on Saturday at Coors Field, setting a franchise record by starting the year unbeaten in their first 11 series (10-0-1).
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • Lufthansa, one of the biggest carriers in Europe, slashed 20,000 short-haul flights through October due in part to fuel costs.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • Earlier in the film, Kenobi slashes off the arm of a creature who was known then as Walrus Man and is known now as Ponda Baba.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Don't shear the shrubs, which can cause the center to die out.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The communications pole that was sheared in the April 2025 crash that left 19-year-old Preston Obeidin dead near Temecula.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Political attack ads abound ahead of the June 2 statewide direct primary election, with competing candidates finding new, creative ways to rip each other apart over their records on immigration, corruption or cashing in on the fossil fuel industry.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • The mega-tsunami wreaked havoc across the landscape, stripping forests down to bare rock, ripping trees out by their roots and hurling boulders.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • At the same time, Bass has proposed cutting entirely the Animal Services Department’s annual budget for food, which was $200,000 last year, and also slashing the medical supplies budget to $49,000, from $388,000 last year.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • But now that the post-pandemic boom has well and truly gone bust, just showing up with a great looking timepiece isn’t going to cut it.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The most dutiful of sons, Father wrote many long letters to his parents, some of which arrived scissored into scraps by military censors.
    Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • While there was a myth that lesbians don’t actually scissor, that has since been debunked.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Crosscut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosscut. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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