as in sampling
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population
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Recent Examples of cross section
Indeed, the conversation inspired a scene in his 2015 film, Taxi, which featured Panahi as a driver interacting with a cross section of Iranian society.
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Coach had to keep innovating by offering exciting products, anchored in bags, with aesthetics and prices that appealed to a larger cross section of consumers.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Since 1999 Goldfinger and his team have been drilling into the seafloor at this tectonic crossroads, known as the Mendocino Triple Junction, to pull up cores that show a cross section of the sediments that have built up there.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
As listeners enjoy a cross section of very different Americas, Flagg elicits laughs with her humorous observations of the human condition and her wry delivery.
—Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Coach had to keep innovating by offering exciting products, anchored in bags, with aesthetics and prices that appealed to a larger cross section of consumers.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Since 1999 Goldfinger and his team have been drilling into the seafloor at this tectonic crossroads, known as the Mendocino Triple Junction, to pull up cores that show a cross section of the sediments that have built up there.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
As listeners enjoy a cross section of very different Americas, Flagg elicits laughs with her humorous observations of the human condition and her wry delivery.
—Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross section
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Go on Tuesdays for happy hour bites and a sampling of a special wine, spirit, or beer—your first tasting is on the house.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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Spring for the tasting menu for a broad sampling of the country’s different cuisines.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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Facilities require adequate time to design and install the groundwater monitoring system, collect eight independent samples, and conduct statistical analysis.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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