decussate

as in to crisscross

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Verb
  • Intelsat’s creating launch pads for these nascent peacemakers to lift off into cyberspace is also part of its crusade to one day enable all eight billion global citizens to crisscross the Web, Wajsgras tells me.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • What was on display was a whirlwind of crisscrossing, athletic performers hitting their marks.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
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  • Bill Conway, whose 34th Ward intersects the temporary racecourse, has long advocated that the event be moved away from July 4 to give Chicagoans access to Grant Park during the busy holiday weekend.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
  • The blue tech office buildings are situated near the project’s southern border, where Naples Street would intersect the site.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
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  • After the rally that began in Cincinnati, around 100 people crossed the Roebling Bridge, heading toward Covington shortly after 8 p.m., according to police.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
  • However, their fates crossed when Tomorrowland organizers got approval to do a show in Sphere and learned the Insomniac team was also working out its own Sphere run.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 July 2025
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“Decussate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decussate. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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