crosscutting

Definition of crosscuttingnext
present participle of crosscut

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The membrane will also find applications beyond fuel cells, where it could be used for splitting water, reducing carbon dioxide, and synthesizing ammonia.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • Rehearsals took four months, with Kubicek splitting his days between the three participating schools.
    Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • If using garden cucumbers, peel off the waxy skin and use a spoon to scrape out the seeds before slicing.
    Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 15 May 2026
  • Remove from the grill and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing against the grain.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Trump has also proposed slashing nearly $800 million from the park system’s roughly $3-billion operating budget.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Boston alone has proposed slashing 568 positions in a budget proposal passed by the local school committee in March, resulting in slashes to currently vacant positions but also including hundreds of layoffs.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The shakeup in Kraft Heinz’s senior ranks is an initial step in CEO Steve Cahillane’s ambitious plan to turn around the company, instead of cleaving its top-performing condiments and boxed meals apart from its lower-growth grocery staples.
    Kristina Peterson, Bloomberg, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And of course, from a more skeptical perspective, the whole project could be described as cleaving close to the wisdom of the strippers in Gypsy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That increases a rising air motion that tends to drop shearing winds over the Atlantic that can disrupt the structure of tropical cyclones.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The plants bloom in late spring and early summer and can be encouraged to bloom again by shearing the plants back by two-thirds after the first flowers fade.
    Lynn McAlpine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Crosscutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosscutting. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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