as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces
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as in corner
a place where roads meet
carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve
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Adverb
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Slightly bigger, at 7.4 inches measured diagonally (compared with the 7-inch Steam Deck display), the new system swaps the IPS panel for an OLED one.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025 -
Arbuckle watched as the group marched diagonally across an intersection on Main Street.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Summer is just around the corner and for many of us, that means one thing: vacation.—
Jordan Priddy,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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This international window will be too soon to judge the new manager, but heavy expectations will be waiting around the corner for Ancelotti, and come the September and October internationals Brazil fans will expect big improvements for their side after a recent humbling by Argentina.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Adverb
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Most near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids that range in size from about 10 feet to nearly 25 miles across.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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On a 13-foot-tall wall almost 40 feet across, a kaleidoscope of metal butterflies are now in flight, fluttering around a centerpiece painting on aluminum metal.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
Noun
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On May 17, the day before the Kerem Shalom crossing reopened, work started on a tent encampment in eastern Rafah, according to satellite imagery reviewed by CNN.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Although a precise assessment of the bridge’s damage remains unavailable, Russian occupation authorities reopened the crossing mere hours after the attack.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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Make another layer with another 1/4 of the eggplant slices, this time arranging them crosswise to the first layer.—
Carolyn Casner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2022
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Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.—
Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
Noun
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A little dopamine with your discipline Cook, who joined Noom as CEO in early 2023 after co-founding and running The Meet Group (a portfolio of livestreaming and dating apps), took the reins as Noom was navigating a crossroads.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
3 June 2025
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The mobility sector is at an unprecedented crossroads, at the brink of perhaps the perfect storm of technological, social, and economic disruption.—
Sarwant Singh,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The most promising opportunities often lie at the intersection of significant pain and institutional blindness—where inefficiency has been accepted as inevitable.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers arrived at the scene around 3:37 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2021, and found Rooks suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at the intersection of Deep Shoals Circle and Corners Crossing in the Panthersville area.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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“Crossways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossways. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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