crosscutting

Definition of crosscuttingnext
present participle of crosscut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosscutting
Verb
  • Cities were ranked by the relative different of the cost of renting a one-pedroom apartment and splitting rental costs for a two-bedroom unit equally with a roommate.
    Julia Hawkins, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Families like the ones served by Knightsbridge may be operating at a different scale, but the underlying pattern—uprooting a household, splitting a family across time zones, reorganizing daily life around one child’s athletic trajectory—is hardly confined to the ultra-wealthy.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Let cakes stand in their pans for about 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack, peel off parchment paper and let cool completely before slicing.
    Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Quigley snapped a long string of zeroes on the scoreboard, slicing a two-out, walk-off single to right field to score Abby Zawadzki from second base for the North Stars (8-0, 2-0).
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • She has been arrested for slashing her sister’s neck with a box cutter and biting the breast of a security guard outside a nightclub.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
  • While Sunbelt sellers are slashing prices to clear inventory, Ohio sellers are watching their equity grow.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The shakeup in Kraft Heinz’s senior ranks is an initial step in CEO Steve Cahillane’s ambitious plan to turn around the company, instead of cleaving its top-performing condiments and boxed meals apart from its lower-growth grocery staples.
    Kristina Peterson, Bloomberg, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And of course, from a more skeptical perspective, the whole project could be described as cleaving close to the wisdom of the strippers in Gypsy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That increases a rising air motion that tends to drop shearing winds over the Atlantic that can disrupt the structure of tropical cyclones.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The plants bloom in late spring and early summer and can be encouraged to bloom again by shearing the plants back by two-thirds after the first flowers fade.
    Lynn McAlpine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Crosscutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosscutting. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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