crosscut

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Recent Examples of crosscut Next, crosscut the parts to the dimensions shown in the drawing. 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 See All Example Sentences for crosscut
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Verb
  • 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
  • Monahan was a Bristol native who currently split his time between Burlington and Florida.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities said Ford first attacked Gregory, shooting him with a rifle, beating him and slitting his throat.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Its interior is a vast, frozen wasteland, where temperatures can plunge below -40°C and icy winds slice through anything exposed.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • During the segment, the comedian slammed the firing of tens of thousands of federal employees across multiple agencies and levels of importance before slicing his hand open on a prop mug.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already slashed research programs, and the administration has laid off dozens of employees — actions that education advocates say amount to eliminating the department in all but name.
    Anna North, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • The Twister: Caught in the Storm (Netflix documentary) In May 2011, a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Miss.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Another option for cutting expenses would be to shift more Medicaid costs to the states, which would also be a de facto cut in services, since states, even California, likely couldn’t afford to keep the plan as-is without that federal money.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Today, Meaghan Garvey offers an ontological bonus cut from her time in Sweden with King Nothingg.
    Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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