cross-ref·er·ence
ˈkrȯs-ˈre-fərn(t)s 
-ˈre-f(ə-)rən(t)s
: a notation or direction at one place (as in a book or filing system) to pertinent information at another place
cross-referenced; cross-referencing; cross-references
1
: to supply with cross-references
cross-reference a book
2
: to research, verify, or organize by means of cross-references
cross-reference information
Examples of cross-reference in a Sentence
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Daniel Fallmann, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Compile a list of services and then cross-reference their reviews across multiple sources.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
The People’s Daily published a full-page article demonstrating the correctness of the Three Represents with cross-references to texts by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Deng.
—Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2020
Journalists can cross-reference that with other datasets and add in context with base maps.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Caswell doesn’t at first seem very interested in them except as opportunities to create fascinating verbal spirals, cross-references and death drops, like a game of biographical Chutes and Ladders.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Script-writing teams may appreciate an artificial agent that can look up dialog or cross-reference on the fly.
—Janet Vertesi, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023
Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 16 June 2023
The agenda book was more useful, offering a way to cross-reference many of the meetings Villarejo claimed to have had.
—Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 10 June 2023
The idea is that future AI systems will be able to cross-reference this data in the same way that current AI systems do for text inputs.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 9 May 2023
At its lab in The Hague, the commission’s technicians can extract DNA from tiny samples of bone and cross-reference them with samples provided by families of the missing.
—Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
The pages of a spam cluster all cross-reference one another, creating the illusion that a lot of people are linking to a site.
—Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2011
The DAs could then cross-reference the list with their criminal cases and identify any wrongful convictions.
—oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Additionally, implementing machine learning algorithms that cross-reference multiple sources can help detect and prevent the propagation of inaccurate data.
—Daniel Fallmann, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Compile a list of services and then cross-reference their reviews across multiple sources.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
The People’s Daily published a full-page article demonstrating the correctness of the Three Represents with cross-references to texts by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Deng.
—Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2020
Journalists can cross-reference that with other datasets and add in context with base maps.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Caswell doesn’t at first seem very interested in them except as opportunities to create fascinating verbal spirals, cross-references and death drops, like a game of biographical Chutes and Ladders.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Script-writing teams may appreciate an artificial agent that can look up dialog or cross-reference on the fly.
—Janet Vertesi, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023
Verb
Even when anonymized, agencies can cross-reference data sets to reveal information about specific individuals.
—Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 16 June 2023
The agenda book was more useful, offering a way to cross-reference many of the meetings Villarejo claimed to have had.
—Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 10 June 2023
The idea is that future AI systems will be able to cross-reference this data in the same way that current AI systems do for text inputs.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 9 May 2023
At its lab in The Hague, the commission’s technicians can extract DNA from tiny samples of bone and cross-reference them with samples provided by families of the missing.
—Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
The pages of a spam cluster all cross-reference one another, creating the illusion that a lot of people are linking to a site.
—Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2011
The DAs could then cross-reference the list with their criminal cases and identify any wrongful convictions.
—oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
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“Cross-reference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-reference. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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