cut across

Example Sentences

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The attack also cut across the federal government's broader effort to present Kashmir as stable and open to tourism.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“I don’t think about it in raw numbers. I think about it in the wealth of expertise and knowledge that has been cut across all levels,” a former senior Justice Department official said.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

The study also supports a broader shift in psychiatry toward dimensional and data-driven frameworks that cut across traditional diagnoses.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

The layoffs will hit Lucid’s engineers the hardest, with about 140 jobs being cut across software and hardware engineering teams.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

I jumped to the side of the road, swung over the stone wall, and cut across the pasture to the next stone wall, which was bordered by a line of trees.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier