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crosscutting

verb

Definition of crosscutting

present participle of crosscut

as in sawing

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The soift wall secures inside the tent, splitting the floor in half to create a pair of two-sleeper rooms.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
Brandon Bell | Getty Images Even so, Joyner told the Wall Street Journal that the company wasn’t splitting up because of regulatory issues.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

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Medicare could soon save beneficiaries over a billion dollars on prescription drugs — without slashing the price of a single medicine.

— Ted Okon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Republican Scott Walker won that year, and over the next eight years enacted a wide array of Republican priorities that included drastically scaling back union rights, slashing taxes and requiring voters to show identification at the polls.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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Congress’ lame-duck session starts with a bang on Monday, as Senate Republicans debate their future after last week’s shellacking and Democrats face their first vote on a permitting reform bill that is cleaving them.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
In both cases, the protein structure was known, as were the key amino acids that catalyze cleaving other proteins.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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In remote ranching outposts across the treeless plateau of Chubut province, life revolves around tending flocks on steppes and shearing sheep in sheds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
As a member of the mint family, horehound has the tendency to spread aggressively, but this can be prevented by shearing the inconspicuous flowers, which is also done to expose the evergreen foliage.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of shearing

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