How do you use Crosscut in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like route or path, plus the exact meaning.
Crosscut meaning
- A crosswise cut.
- A shortcut.
- An instance of filmic crosscutting.
Using Crosscut
- The main meaning on this page is: A crosswise cut. | A shortcut. | An instance of filmic crosscutting.
- Useful related words include: route, path, itinerary, shortcut.
- In the example corpus, crosscut often appears in combinations such as: crosscut elway, the crosscut, crosscut saw.
Context around Crosscut
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crosscut
- In this selection, "crosscut" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, man, vintage, delicately, elway, saw and executive stand out and add context to how "crosscut" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 54 of crosscut elway poll and a vintage crosscut saw. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crosscut" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crosscut
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the latest Crosscut/Elway Poll, Democrats far outnumber Republicans. (10 words)
Williamson hopes to eventually be one of those rehired employees, she told Crosscut. (13 words)
Director Thanh Tan details the personal journey that inspired the first season of Crosscut Origins. (15 words)
This was Cascade PBS’s second year in a row receiving the prestigious Bunting Award — in 2022, the Cascade PBS investigative team, under the Crosscut name, won for the Washington Recovery Watch, a project that covers federal pandemic relief spending. (40 words)
Semmens said the two timber logs, weighing about 2.5 tonnes, were delivered to a site and finally delicately crosscut into about 30 panels, each about 65mm thick for use in future prized guitars with a signature sound. (38 words)
In addition, it asks for a copy of a forced hydration order, which Crosscut obtained while reporting a story on Mergensana’s hunger strike, as well as any policy recommendations to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Crosscut executive editor M. David Lee III, left, and Andrew Yang speak on stage during the Crosscut Ideas Festival in Seattle on May 6, 2023.
After the weather improved, my brother suggested we cut through the portion blocking the road using a two-man crosscut saw.
Crosscut is here to help you stay on track with, which focuses on this year’s elections, in Seattle and across Washington.
Director Thanh Tan details the personal journey that inspired the first season of Crosscut Origins.
He has been a journalist covering stories in the American West since 2010, and was previously on the staff at Crosscut, a nonprofit newsroom affiliated with PBS in Seattle.
Nathan said they enjoyed gaining some practical skills like learning to use a vintage crosscut saw.
Semmens said the two timber logs, weighing about 2.5 tonnes, were delivered to a site and finally delicately crosscut into about 30 panels, each about 65mm thick for use in future prized guitars with a signature sound.
Support for hiring officers has grown significantly since 2021, when 54% of Crosscut/Elway Poll respondents said they wanted more police.
The story caught the eye of a popular Swedish newspaper which hopes to do similar reporting on the program, according to Crosscut sources.
Williamson hopes to eventually be one of those rehired employees, she told Crosscut.
This was Cascade PBS’s second year in a row receiving the prestigious Bunting Award — in 2022, the Cascade PBS investigative team, under the Crosscut name, won for the Washington Recovery Watch, a project that covers federal pandemic relief spending.
Ana Sofia Knauf is the digital editor at Crosscut, where she's looking for new ways to connect with readers and tell stories through our newsletters.
A new statewide Crosscut/Elway poll shows support for police reform, but fear of defunding the police.
Formas, the mayor's chief of staff, provided Crosscut with a detailed timeline of the mayor’s actions during the shooting that shows the mayor communicating extensively with members of city government.
From helping child care workers to taxing wealth, Crosscut contributors made their case for softening the blow of the pandemic's economic consequences.
In the latest Crosscut/Elway Poll, Democrats far outnumber Republicans.
The threat of danger is palpable, but it’s crosscut by a flicker of joy — she’s making a break for it, running away, getting free.
He tells Crosscut he just finished a literature review on the question of whether high quality preschool can help save democracy.
In addition, it asks for a copy of a forced hydration order, which Crosscut obtained while reporting a story on Mergensana’s hunger strike, as well as any policy recommendations to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
In his new Crosscut/Elway Poll, Elway finds shifts in the 2018 electorate that reveal voters to be more partisan and less optimistic than in times past.
Common combinations with crosscut
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- crosscut elway 4×
- the crosscut 2×
- crosscut saw 2×
- of crosscut 2×
- at crosscut 2×
- crosscut by 2×