Synonyms of cross section

cross section

noun

as in sampling

a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole

a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sampling
• sample
• selection
• sampler
• slice
• instance
• example
• specimen
• representative
• case
• prototype
• paradigm
• illustration
• exemplification
• locus classicus
• classic
• archetype
• exemplar
• microcosm

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of cross section

But the models weren’t exactly a cross section of America, either. —Danielle Pergament, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024

Trump hewed closely to his rally talking points and the familiar attacks that have proven popular with his Republican base but his advisers worry don’t appeal to a broader cross section of voters. —Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024

This cross section of modern France encompasses the issues expected in social-justice films, but Herry isn’t an SJW advocate. —Armond White, National Review, 2 Aug. 2024

The bergs, shaped like the long, narrow geometric blocks that descend in the game Tetris, rolled off the edge of the ice shelf and into the ocean to reveal their cross sections of blue glacial ice. —Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012