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Recent Examples of crosscutNext, crosscut the parts to the dimensions shown in the drawing.—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022 First, crosscut the 8-ft-long strip into two 32 1/8-inch long pieces.—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023 The divide between conservatives and progressives is crosscut by those who want the courts to retain their authority over constitutional meaning and those who do not.—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 5 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
That allowed Igor Jesus to put Botafogo in front to stay shortly before the intermission, splitting a pair of PSG defenders to run on to Jefferson Savarino’s perfectly weighted through ball, then beating keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from the top of the box.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
Breaking Down The Pillars Microservices The core principle of microservices involves splitting a monolithic application into multiple independent services.
The white shark sheared the striped bass in half, and then quickly took off.
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Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
The California coast typically benefits from cooler water that flows southward along the coast and winds that tend to either shear the tops off hurricanes or push them westward away from the coast.
All-Time Anniversary Twelve years ago, Ray Allen hit The Shot
On this date, back in 2013, one of the greatest shots in basketball history ripped through the net.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
If Powell and the Fed are dovish (more rate cuts, not less), stocks could easily rip higher.
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