cross section
Example Sentences
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The American middle class encompasses a broad cross section of workers that includes white-collar office employees, nurses and plumbers, although there is no universally accepted definition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment demands a jury drawn from a representative cross section of the community.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025
“Hopefully our country can get back to that. The Owens Valley, and Inyo County in particular, is a perfect cross section of America.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024
“These days we’ve got a truly diverse cross section of South Africa coming to the event, all ages, races, and genders,” says rAge project director, Michael James.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024
And I said, “Is it a long cake with a square cross section which is divided into equally sized, alternately colored squares?”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
