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Recent Examples of crossover
Cooper, an eight-time All-Defensive Team selection, had little answer for Floyd’s mix of spin moves, crossover dribbles and floaters.
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Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020
The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020
The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossover
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For product leaders, the implications are clear: The future belongs to platforms that can turn those crucial first moments from an awkward introduction into the beginning of a valuable relationship.—
Kalyan Garimella,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The vapor chamber cooling system is larger on all three—a crucial component to keep the phones from getting too hot during intense gaming sessions—with the chamber in the S25 Ultra getting a 40 percent size bump.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Even still, despite being a critical success, with only a limited release, the film was a relative dud at the box office.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
19 Jan. 2025
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His durability will be critical to maximizing his impact upon returning to the lineup.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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William eventually makes his way to the church to ask Jamie for help on a life-and-death matter.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes a challenge is genuinely life-and-death, or involves dire consequences; other times, the obstacles in your path may be lower stakes, but still feel frustratingly immovable.—
Vanessa Armstrong,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Chang and Chen shared a fateful exchange that could only be described as a little icy.—
Ingu Chen,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ricky’s poor mother has hardly slept a wink in 15 years, ever since that fateful knock at the door, and despite her stone-cold front, Joanne, an old friend of the Smiths, is actually doing her best to keep Ricky on the straight and narrow.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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All the fractured parts in each group were bonded to their relevant apical parts by an etch and rinse bonding system and a flowable composite resin.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
2 Dec. 2013
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Meanwhile, the opposite was happening in the apical dendrites: The difference in their response to unexpected stimuli increased over time.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Nov. 2021
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His floor-spacing (42.2 percent from 3 since December) is vital for a bad shooting team.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Over the past year, her Royal Foundation has continued to roll out impactful initiatives in this vital area.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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In his essay, Adam Roberts makes the case for this epochal view by citing the durability of the conflict between the two great powers over more than four decades.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2010
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And in my view, this burgeoning momentum is a prelude to an epochal change that will fully gather speed with the coming of the new year.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
9 Sep. 2024
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Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.—
Michael Levi,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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“Crossover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossover. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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