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Recent Examples of crossover
Cooper, an eight-time All-Defensive Team selection, had little answer for Floyd’s mix of spin moves, crossover dribbles and floaters.
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Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020
The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020
The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossover
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The 34-year-old Argentine goalkeeper wasn’t overworked, as Rayados’ defensive shape only gave him 10 shots on target to deal with across the three contests, but his stops were crucial.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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While a 5% death rate for F1 drivers seems frighteningly high, there’s a crucial caveat: a majority of the fatalities took place in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Mangroves, evolutionary marvels that can grow in coastal saltwater, are critical to life in Florida.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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Businesses and the financial sector in particular have already been warned by experts and government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, that Iran might respond to the U.S.’s air strikes by trying to hack critical digital infrastructure.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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But North Carolina doesn’t require specific training for its county emergency managers, who are tasked with enormous life-and-death decisions.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
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We're also quickly swept up in a trio of life-and-death cases, each with their own accompanying baggage.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Anna Werner looks back at a fateful string of shark encounters a hundred years ago that stirred the public imagination.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
20 June 2025
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The fallout Bryant took a fateful step at the end of a game late in the 2013 season, his Achilles tendon rupturing in his left leg.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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In a statement, Furla said 80 percent of its employees are women from 80 nationalities, and 53 percent hold apical positions, including C-level roles.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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That’s part of what makes F1 feel so vital, and so fun.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Increasing disabled people’s ability to communicate with others is probably the most vital—and exciting—sector in accessibility today.—
Alan Schwarz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Such a decision would express a deplorably poor imagination of the role of political leadership at an epochal turn for our communities and our planet.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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Serra’s epochal sculpture incomparably performed the necessary condition of the anti-monument: The work’s location literally prohibited any form of communicative action.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
9 Sep. 2024
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This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin.—
Reis Thebault,
Washington Post,
19 July 2023
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“Crossover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossover. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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