Thesaurus results for CUTS (ACROSS)

cuts (across)

verb

present tense third-person singular of cut (across)

as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over cut across the field on the way to school

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In just over eight hours, the train traverses Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska, beginning with the towns of Naperville, Princeton, and Galesburg, Illinois.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026
The Carolinian line heads from Charlotte to Raleigh and up the coast to New York City, and the Piedmont line traverses North Carolina.

— Eva Flowe October 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of traverses

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Bankrate’s next holiday spending report, and whether the share of shoppers starting before the end of October crosses the 50% line.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026
The shower happens because Earth crosses a stream of debris left behind by Halley's Comet, which was last in the inner solar system in 1986 and will return in 2061.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of crosses

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October’s full moon follows September’s harvest moon, which marked when farmers would typically harvest their crops.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
The orbit decides what follows In low Earth orbit, satellites encounter traces of the atmosphere.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of follows

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While the live casting moment feels intense, the decisions that determine who walks, and who doesn’t, are the visible end of a process that starts long before any hopeful model enters the room.

— Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Adam is being self-loathing, but Lee, who was listening, walks away.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of walks

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The Orionid meteor shower activity peaks when Earth travels through the densest section of the debris trail left by Comet 1P/Halley.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Health data travels from home medical devices through applications, cloud platforms and hospital systems before reaching a clinician, and each step widens the digital footprint.

— Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of travels

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Fanatics navigates everything from NFL product with multimillion-dollar volume to a small school where the overall sales are just $6,000.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
In this role, Arnold will shepherd how IATSE navigates new technologies and their impact on the organization’s entertainment workers and their crafts.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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cuts (across)

cuts a deal

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