decussate

as in to crisscross

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Verb
  • Over the Memorial Day weekend, Blumenthal crisscrossed the state and attended 11 different parades in various towns.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
  • And three zero-emission buses, destined to crisscross the neighborhoods with quiet efficiency, will now remain parked in the imagination.
    Mark Stuart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • The risks compound when AI intersects with disinformation, militarization, or ideological extremism.
    Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
  • For 90 years, mainstream country music and the PRCA have never intersected in Nashville.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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  • Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19, 2024, might have seen what looked like a fast-moving star suddenly flash and fade.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 28 June 2025
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
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“Decussate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decussate. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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