crossover

adjective

Definition of crossovernext
as in crucial

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Recent Examples of crossover Kingdom Hearts is a wildly popular series featuring a crossover world of Square Enix and Disney characters. — Thuy Ong, Bloomberg.com, 19 May 2020 Its crossover success was among the watershed moments in the commercial potential of rock ’n’ roll. — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2020 Cooper, an eight-time All-Defensive Team selection, had little answer for Floyd’s mix of spin moves, crossover dribbles and floaters. — 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 See All Example Sentences for crossover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossover
  1. crucial
  2. critical
  3. life-and-death
  4. fateful
  5. apical
  6. crowning
  7. meridian
  8. vital
Adjective
  • Organizations are failing to equip managers with crucial strategic and relational skills, instead focusing on technical AI training for tasks AI will soon automate.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, the war has depleted US munitions, particularly air defense interceptors crucial to stopping attacks on bases.
    — Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of crucial
Adjective
  • The consensus is that for critical business functions, success depends on rigorously validated, specialized AI tailored to specific workflows, rather than broad, general-purpose solutions.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Instead, most Republicans stood firm in a critical hearing with an administration waging a hugely unpopular war, while Democrats highlighted the gap between its premature victory laps and the current stalemate.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of critical
Adjective
  • Digital advances also raise pressing questions about the ethics of outsourcing life-and-death decisions to machines.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • The life-and-death rescue played out on a narrow suspension cable above shocked motorists, pedestrians and the gleaming water below the bridge.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Definition of life-and-death
Adjective
  • For the superstitious, though, this year’s final felt particularly fateful.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • All Daniel and Helen have to do is to stop looking into what happened on Charlotte’s fateful flight.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of fateful
Adjective
  • Within hours, the wound epidermis becomes innervated by nearby nerve fibers, forming what biologists call the apical epidermal cap.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of apical
Adjective
  • Putting him on the almighty dollar would be the crowning achievement of these efforts.
    — Jacques Hymans, Washington Post, 20 July 2026
  • But a turn of the tide began to look inevitable, and Harry Kane produced his crowning moment in an England shirt.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of crowning
Adjective
  • Back treatments address muscle tension while clearing meridian blockages.
    — Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of meridian
Adjective
  • On the domestic side, industry advocates say coal can help ease the panic over data centers — which are vital to economic growth — driving up electric rates for American consumers.
    — Jessica Towhey, Boston Herald, 29 July 2026
  • Many experts disagreed with the decision, saying that work was vital to preventing the next major coronavirus outbreak.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of vital

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