cut across

Example Sentences

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Now locals are again debating whether the street, which cuts across a swath of apartment complexes, car shops and mom-and-pop businesses, should be renamed once more.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ferridge said changes in expectations for interest rate cuts across central banks, including at the Bank of England, are “ridiculous.”

From MarketWatch

He further ordered a three percent spending cut across all government ministries.

From Barron's

"What it tells us is we actually need to just do more than ban phones. We need to be thinking about how phone policies cut across in school and outside the school context."

From BBC

The waning sun cut across the room from the window, throwing a buttery light on the paneling and the wooden filing cabinets.

From Literature