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crosscutting

[kraws-kuht-ing, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌkʌt ɪŋ, ˈkrɒs- /
VERB
cut across
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But crosscutting concerns for months had made it impossible to gain traction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

And yet, the series takes pains to connect them, thematically and visually, in the editing process, through crosscutting that links them throughout different periods of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

There are a few crosscutting themes in my work — thriller aspect with “Blackfish,” but also can I say something remotely important in a new way?

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

Calm skies must also prevail because crosscutting winds called shear can rip holes in a nascent hurricane’s vortex.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023

Begin sawing as in crosscutting, that is, at the farther corner with the handle end of the saw up, and gradually drop the handle.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William