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Recent Examples of crosscut
Next, crosscut the parts to the dimensions shown in the drawing.
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Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022
First, crosscut the 8-ft-long strip into two 32 1/8-inch long pieces.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
The divide between conservatives and progressives is crosscut by those who want the courts to retain their authority over constitutional meaning and those who do not.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
The scene is crosscut with Alicent copulating with the King—disinterestedly and out of duty.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022
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Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022
First, crosscut the 8-ft-long strip into two 32 1/8-inch long pieces.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
The divide between conservatives and progressives is crosscut by those who want the courts to retain their authority over constitutional meaning and those who do not.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
The scene is crosscut with Alicent copulating with the King—disinterestedly and out of duty.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosscut
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The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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Monahan was a Bristol native who currently split his time between Burlington and Florida.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Police believe Ford first attacked Gregory, shooting him in the back of the head, bludgeoning him and slitting his throat.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Ford was accused of shooting Gregory in the head before attacking him and slitting his throat.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Stir shredded chicken and thinly sliced carrots and celery to reserved broth; bring to a simmer over medium.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is an unstoppable force, a one-man wrecking crew capable of slicing through defenders with a combination of length, strength, and skill that might be unmatched in NBA history.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The 30-year-old wildlife biologist was among roughly 2,000 U.S. Forest Service workers who were fired as part of President Trump and billionaire advisor Elon Musk’s push to slash the federal workforce.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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As the Trump administration slashes grants across the government, National Football League Alumni Inc. finds itself in a legal battle regarding a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant with the Georgia Department of Public Health.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Dramatic new video shows the jet’s rear landing gear buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after making a hard landing.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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Rescue workers sheared his clothes off him with scissors, put a brace around his neck and laid him on a board.—
Katherine Rosman,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Cristian Arango ripped a shot past John Pulskamp for the first goal, after Sporting’s midfield was momentarily carved apart.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
2 Mar. 2025
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The Twister: Caught in the Storm (Netflix documentary) In May 2011, a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Miss.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
28 Feb. 2025
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People will chew on the Broadway first of an Othello directed and lead-produced by black men—Leon and Brian Anthony Moreland, respectively—and cut their assumptions about that to fit their pre-existing views.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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Second half Utah cut the deficit to one after outscoring Sacramento 13-5 to start the second half, but the Kings responded with an 11-1 run to push the lead back to double digits.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Feb. 2025
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At its base definition, scissoring is just about genital-to-genital stimulation, so anyone interested in doing so can scissor.—
Adejoke Mason,
Them,
3 Dec. 2024
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Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor.—
Adejoke Mason,
Them,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Crosscut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosscut. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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