crosstown
adjective
cross·town
ˈkrȯs-ˈtau̇n 
1
: situated at opposite points of a town
crosstown schools
2
: extending or running across a town
a crosstown street
a crosstown bus
Examples of crosstown in a Sentence
The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
We rode a crosstown bus.
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Apparently, Eric Musselman (not unlike his crosstown rival) has never heard of Harry Truman’s aphorism about where the buck stops.
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Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
The former National League batting champ and perennial All-Star, who played for the crosstown Yankees last season, got the largest and longest contract in pro sports history: 15 years at $765 million, not including incentives that could swell the final amount above $800 million.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Starting in 1996, the team won the World Series four times in five years, including a 2000 victory over the crosstown New York Mets.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The result was a 64-38 victory for the San Francisco powerhouse over crosstown rival St. Ignatius at Santa Clara University, the latest in a long line of lopsided wins over the cream of the section’s crop.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
The former National League batting champ and perennial All-Star, who played for the crosstown Yankees last season, got the largest and longest contract in pro sports history: 15 years at $765 million, not including incentives that could swell the final amount above $800 million.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Starting in 1996, the team won the World Series four times in five years, including a 2000 victory over the crosstown New York Mets.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The result was a 64-38 victory for the San Francisco powerhouse over crosstown rival St. Ignatius at Santa Clara University, the latest in a long line of lopsided wins over the cream of the section’s crop.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Crosstown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crosstown. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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crosstown
adjective
cross·town
ˈkrȯ-ˈstau̇n
1
: being on different sides of a town
schools that are crosstown rivals
2
: going across a town
a crosstown bus
crosstown
adverb
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