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Recent Examples of across
Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Once hatched in the water, the young ones must migrate across the road to the dry land to live during colder winter months.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Very generally speaking, galaxies are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of light-years across and have millions to several trillions of stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Preposition
Last spring, pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University initiated a wave of demonstrations at college campuses across the country that culminated in encampments and mass arrests.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Once hatched in the water, the young ones must migrate across the road to the dry land to live during colder winter months.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Adverb
However, a small portion of them, particularly those measuring over 460 feet across, are classified as potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), and are therefore closely monitored by NASA.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Very generally speaking, galaxies are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of light-years across and have millions to several trillions of stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for across
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Asian Americans’ outrage over a judge’s leniency in the case — the assailants received $3,000 fines and no jail time — sparked a surge of activism seeking tougher hate crime laws nationwide.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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More recently, the Sony horror thriller Heart Eyes, which opened in theaters on Feb. 7, made its debut on Netflix just over three months later on May 8.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Preposition
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Ensure your talent acquisition team takes a proactive approach to building your employer brand throughout the year.—
Mark Morgan,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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About 19 owl species of different sizes can be found throughout America, each of them with incredible hunting skills.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Adverb
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Still, the President may be relying on Leo’s greatest accomplishment to ultimately push his agenda through.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Material The best covers use heavy-duty materials that won’t break down in high winds, fade in the sun, rip and tear, or allow water to leak through.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
Preposition
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Best of The Bee: California changes rules around trans athletes after Trump’s threat to halt funding, via Lia Russell.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2025
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It’s proven so popular in the West Village that on Saturday and Sundays at brunch the lines stretch around the block on Charles St, and some pesky New Yorkers move on, rather than wait.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/across. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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