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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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Researchers led by the University of Exeter, working with partners in Colombia and the United States, created a new computer model to examine how sea-level rise could affect carbon storage across entire mangrove forests.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

So gruelling is this promotional schedule across Europe and the US that Fally Ipupa recently told Le Monde newspaper that he had lost his voice.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

IPO market had raised just $50.83 billion across 152 deals in 2026, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Translation was for him a ferrying across borders and a way of hearing one language estrange another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Cold polish spreads out across the nail bed of my big toe.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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