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
Instead, the Defense Ministry is seeking to make the military more attractive to a broad cross section of society.
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ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Just as Season 1 was a sociological cross section of Asian-American Los Angeles and its many subcultures, Season 2 gets specific with another corner of Southern California.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
Missouri and 40 others states have expanded Medicaid coverage to include a broader cross section of low-income adults under a provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
The narrative features, however, such as 2010’s My Joy or 2017’s A Gentle Creature, were rich, rambling, surreal, maximalist, following characters on absurd quests through cross sections of bureaucracy and society.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Just as Season 1 was a sociological cross section of Asian-American Los Angeles and its many subcultures, Season 2 gets specific with another corner of Southern California.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
Missouri and 40 others states have expanded Medicaid coverage to include a broader cross section of low-income adults under a provision of the Affordable Care Act.
—
Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
The narrative features, however, such as 2010’s My Joy or 2017’s A Gentle Creature, were rich, rambling, surreal, maximalist, following characters on absurd quests through cross sections of bureaucracy and society.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross section
Noun
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The boat comes with modern amenities like special laboratory refrigerators to store water samples and computer desks to allow continuous measurements of water quality while conducting water quality sampling.
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After landing in the ancient lakebed Jezero Crater in 2021, the rover has been hard at work exploring, sampling, and collecting information to help scientists put the pieces of Mars' history together.
Noun
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The boil-water notice was issued out an abundance of caution, the LADWP said, as additional testing is being done and samples collected.
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The ideal is to be able to smell a sample - then buy a prepacked equivalent.
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“Cross section.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross%20section. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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