as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces
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as in corner
a place where roads meet
carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve
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Adverb
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Team leads need to recognize and celebrate the career lattice—employees' ability to move vertically, horizontally and even diagonally within the organization.—
Chelsea C. Williams,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025 -
Cut egg roll wrappers in half diagonally to form 2 triangles.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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At the Fred Meyer at the corner of Franklin Road and Orchard Street in Boise, another sign explained the situation to shoppers.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Jan. 2025
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The police shooting happened around the corner from where a 57-year-old woman was shot by a stray bullet earlier Friday, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The celestial objects are diminutive, only reaching up to tens of meters across, and may have originated from the main asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
18 Dec. 2024
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Confronted with a forgotten or unknown word, humans will remix phrases to get a point across.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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President Joe Biden will leave office with far lower crossing numbers at the United States' border with Mexico than expected, with no pre-inauguration surge of immigrants reported.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Flashback: State lawmakers approved using speed cameras in Virginia in 2020, but limited their use to highway work zones and school crossing zones.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Make another layer with another 1/4 of the eggplant slices, this time arranging them crosswise to the first layer.—
Carolyn Casner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2022
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Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.—
Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
Noun
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The two men hit a crossroads during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, in which Trump pressured Mike Pence to reject electoral votes from certain states that President Joe Biden won.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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The strategic island is at a territorial crossroads, as the U.S., China and Russia race to control the melting Arctic region.—
Liz Friden,
Fox News,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Those are some of the insights gleaned from a survey of 2,170 resident big-game hunters asked a series of questions at the intersection of technology and hunting ethics, wildlife management, and opportunity.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
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Police said the intersection of Route 5 and Route 140 was closed for several hours.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Crossways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossways. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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