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Recent Examples of across
Sara Merican, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Harvey was a model for how all of us, across this country, can contribute to our communities.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 June 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
With businesses spanning across broadcasting, real estate, the space industry and consulting, Japanese investor Yoshihiro Shimamura has expanded his portfolio over the last few years to include international film production.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Harvey was a model for how all of us, across this country, can contribute to our communities.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 June 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
Preposition
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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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With a question mark hanging over the authenticity of the video, the veracity of the story is also being re-investigated.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
Preposition
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Donnelly says the sportsmanship and cooperation pieces of Field Day are heavily emphasized throughout the year.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
4 June 2025
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But this has actually been a really successful start of a very complicated mission by people who are doing something new and taking away the control over the aid distribution from the terrorists that have controlled it throughout.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
4 June 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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Next year’s moonshot with four astronauts will fly around the moon but will not land.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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“Across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/across. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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