cross section
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The American middle class encompasses a broad cross section of workers that includes white-collar office employees, nurses and plumbers, although there is no universally accepted definition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment demands a jury drawn from a representative cross section of the community.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2025
"By amplifying the fusion cross section, more power can be produced from the same amount of fuel," said Parisi.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
“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
Now a three-dimensional creature can exist, in Flatland, only partially; only a cross section can be seen, only the points of contact with the plane surface of Flatland.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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