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across

[uh-kraws, uh-kros] / əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒs /
PREPOSITION
from one side to the other of
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ADVERB
from one side to another; transversely
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ADJECTIVE
crosswise
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Shifting snow conditions across the Arctic have made wolverine tracks harder to detect and document.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

But what will come of it all — in California and across the country — is still to be determined.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Areas of concern include “stretched bullish positioning” across many artificial-intelligence stocks, with several displaying a skew rank above 90%.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

According to Eurostat, the jobless rate across the 21-member currency bloc held steady at 6.3%, with the number of unemployed people falling by 84,000 compared with March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

She scoured the room, her tiny claws clacking across the floor—which, contrary to the clacking, looked like undulating water beneath her feet.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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