cut across

Example Sentences

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Delivered in a style that evokes its historical moment while also cutting across time to the present, it lands with the enthralling, incantatory force of urgent prayer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Workers were scrambling to repair energy infrastructure hit in the attack, he said, which forced emergency power cuts across several regions in frigid winter weather.

From Barron's

These atypical numbers cut across the spectrum of the blood panel, Cheng said.

From Los Angeles Times

It follows Storm Amy in October which caused travel disruption and power cuts across tens of thousands of homes in Scotland.

From BBC

Job cuts across the country are the highest they have been in five years, led by layoffs in California and cutbacks in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times