crisscross

as in to decussate

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Recent Examples of crisscross The candidates and their campaigns are each crisscrossing this critical swing state in the final days before the election. Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024 Each subsequent record was more successful than the last, while the band ceaselessly crisscrossed the country for gigs. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 Thus was born a mobile voter customer service experience in a transit van that has crisscrossed the suburban Philadelphia county for weeks, stopping at fall festivals, senior centers and colleges to fix issues with ballots, register people to vote and collect vote by mail ballots. Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024 Hairline cracks crisscrossed the most recent repair. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crisscross 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crisscross
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  • Ted soon finds his loyalties tested when his capable team's personal lives threaten to intersect with their professional ones.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The struggle for river crossings in the Russia-Ukraine War highlights the challenges of modern conflict, where traditional tactics intersect with advanced technologies.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • His interest in rolling back those changes comes as incoming President Trump has vowed to launch mass deportations of immigrants across the country, regardless of whether they’ve been convicted of any crimes besides crossing into the U.S. illegally.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Timmerman said he was stopped by Syrian officials earlier this year after crossing into the country on foot.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • Children who have been bisected via a tragic logging accident are also half siblings, but in a different way.
    Lillian Stone, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Indigenous artisans and entrepreneurs readily adapted to the influx of visitors including the Laguna Pueblo, whose land was bisected by the railroad.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024

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“Crisscross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscross. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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