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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?
—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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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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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
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Moments later, Gavalas slit his wrists, according to the complaint.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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The 85th Academy Awards in 2013 is the last time two nominees split a category.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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After Aaron Gordon split a pair of free throws, Jones and Cam Johnson successfully executed the foul-up-three strategy on consecutive Laker possessions, only for the free throw to go awry.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Friday's high winds also left their mark on a baseball field in West Deer Township after a tree practically sliced a concession stand in two.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Or if a finger was so sliced open that the bone protruded.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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Last Friday, the government reported unexpectedly sharp job losses for February as employers slashed 92,000 jobs.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento Police Department proposed slashing 66 vacant positions and shifting 129 positions to other duties.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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On Thursday morning, in the parking lot of what was a Family Dollar store in Lake Village, there were still pieces of sheetrock, tree limbs, and pieces of debris — including lots of bricks that appeared to have been sheared right off.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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To get a second show of flowers after the peak of summer, shear the plants back for fall blooms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
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Human Rights Watch quoted one unnamed resident recalling how the explosion ripped both feet off a baby.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Teel ripped a pitch down the first-base line in the sixth inning.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Even as Michigan State came roaring back in the second half, cutting the lead to just two in the final minute, UCLA never flinched.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Orangefield cut the lead to 8 points a couple of times late in the game, but Cobb made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 46 seconds to keep the Bobcats at bay.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2026
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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
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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 17 Mar. 2026.
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