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across

[uh-kraws, uh-kros] / əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒs /
PREPOSITION
from one side to the other of
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ADVERB
from one side to another; transversely
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ADJECTIVE
crosswise
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Councils across England now spend £8m every day housing families in temporary accommodation.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Macquarie said risk management risk management income was driven by increased client hedging across global gas and power, while inventory management and trading income was primarily driven by oil trading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Residents can expect a “weak to moderate Santa Ana wind across Southern California,” said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, with conditions developing late Thursday and through the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Newsom’s clemency reduced the total number of people on death rows across the country by more than a quarter.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

The trek across is deliberately dangerous and willfully unsteady.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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