cross section
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Unlike the full sequence of rings visible in a tree trunk, a cross section of T. rex bone typically captures only the final 10 to 20 years of the dinosaur's life.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
“It was just extraordinary to get that cross section of people who care together,” says Earle, who applauded Eilish’s “passion for nature and the ocean.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment demands a jury drawn from a representative cross section of the community.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025
“Hopefully our country can get back to that. The Owens Valley, and Inyo County in particular, is a perfect cross section of America.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024
We had them all facing the same way so that their shadows on the wall looked like a computer rendering of an architectural cross section.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Vocabulary lists containing cross section
Geometry - High School
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Geometry (Base List)
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High School Geometry, List 2
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