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crosscutting

[kraws-kuht-ing, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌkʌt ɪŋ, ˈkrɒs- /
VERB
cut across
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But crosscutting concerns for months had made it impossible to gain traction.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

And yet, the series takes pains to connect them, thematically and visually, in the editing process, through crosscutting that links them throughout different periods of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2024

There’s the part at the end of the song that’s crosscutting between Harris and Evelyn, and Nathan Lane just floats this lovely falsetto at the end.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2023

Calm skies must also prevail because crosscutting winds called shear can rip holes in a nascent hurricane’s vortex.

From Scientific American Jun. 1, 2023

His lines of crosscutting holes were growing very short.

From Moon-Face by Jack London



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