Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosscutting
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Experts are especially alarmed that the CDC is investigating splitting up the MMR vaccine, which protects kids against measles, mumps and rubella in one shot.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025 -
The singer went on to date actor Chase Stokes for three years before splitting this past September.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Studying the inner structure of a cactus usually involves slicing the column into pieces, then adding weights to different sections.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Let cool in dish on a wire rack for 10 minutes before slicing.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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This month, however, the USDA is slashing the maximum benefit roughly in half, so households with even modest incomes will see much steeper reductions that those with none.—
JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the first half of the year, Tesla suffered from falling revenue as anti-Musk protesters picketed Tesla showrooms to denounce his role in slashing foreign aid and other government spending.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
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The film reunited him with Morrison, who played the head of a sheep-shearing family business in northeastern New Zealand in the 1950s.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Moreover, plastic pulverization produces fine solids; keeping the enzyme in contact with all surfaces without shearing it to inactivity is an active research topic.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Crosscutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosscutting. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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