How to Use cross-cultural in a Sentence

cross-cultural

adjective
  • As usual, the question came up, but this time it was framed as a cross-cultural question.
    Stephanie Judd, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The cross-cultural signifiers don’t end with the casting.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The cross-cultural encounter begins in the year 1600, when a battered European ship emerges out of the pre-dawn fog off the coast of a Japanese fishing village.
    TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Chicano organizers have traveled to Gaza and the West Bank for decades in cross-cultural exchanges.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • That’s a good thing, because by sheer numbers, this kind of cross-cultural contact happens on a much larger scale than any other.
    Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 30 June 2024
  • Perhaps one reason the two clicked is that the composer has had lots of practice in forging cross-cultural connections.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
  • The logo — a coffee bean resting against the A, and the Italian spelling of caffe — suggests an attention to detail and a cross-cultural approach that is promising.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • That finding is cross-cultural, across languages, across people groups.
    David E. Clementson, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
  • But her World Cup championships and Olympic gold medals are only part of what's made Rapinoe one of the most important cross-cultural figures of the 21st century.
    Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 10 July 2023
  • Among other ideas, de Coubertin stressed the Olympics as a means to create cross-cultural understanding and promote peace among nations.
    Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made By History, TIME, 30 July 2024
  • Simple steps, such as learning about other cultures, keeping an open mind and being adaptable, are a great start to cross-cultural success.
    Aaron Poynton, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • How to Use It Tofu’s beauty lies in its cross-cultural applications.
    Andrea Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Erik Pepper, one of the performers who held posts inside the dragon at the pre-parade event, appreciated the cross-cultural bonds the parade promotes.
    Ella Polak, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The history of hip-hop is still, at its core, Black history, which has shifted and evolved with years of commercialization and cross-cultural exchange.
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The show focuses on the cross-cultural culinary connections (say that five times fast) of U.S.-Mexico border communities, and the chimichanga is a poster child for those ties, along with burritos and nachos.
    Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Five months after its debut in Lincoln Heights, cross-cultural cafe Arroz and Fun is opening its second floor and launching a series of pop-ups, collabs and gallery shows with special menu items.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • This is a definite must for readers, young and old, offering a compelling story that resonates with the human spirit and the beauty of cross-cultural connections.
    Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Travers acknowledges the challenges inherent in building a cross-cultural brand.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • And the film’s aspirations as a parable of xenophobia and cross-cultural rapprochement might have had a better shot at landing if Ember didn’t so frequently set the creatures and things around her on fire.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • And more cross-cultural research could ensure these ideas really hold up across all communities.
    Andrew Chang, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Some aspects of the cross-cultural mashup work better than others, but overall, this is a charming attempt to distill a centuries-old story into a quirky folktale that all children can enjoy.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Only a handful of more innovative, cross-cultural options skirted through, as all of them felt essential to describing the city’s modern taco scene.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
  • In a scientific paper, a cross-cultural team shared authorship with First Peoples.
    Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2023
  • But Focus’ Peter Kujawski jumped on board this $10-million cross-cultural love story early on.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 July 2024
  • Some years ago, when he was featured in a video for a nonprofit that promotes cross-cultural communication, that distinction became clear.
    Montserrat Andrée Carty, Longreads, 23 Apr. 2024
  • In a cross-cultural coincidence, that sample had been programmed by a Japanese engineer, Okuda Hiroko, who was in turn inspired by the Jamaican rhythms of dub and reggae.
    Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Art is a creator’s self-expression and a cross-cultural conversation with its beholder.
    Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2023
  • According to recent research from Amazon Ads, 72% of monthly streaming viewers want to see more authentic, cross-cultural stories in the media.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But the surprise win against Pakistan spotlighted the fast-rising popularity of the sport within the U.S., which traces back to cross-cultural stories of immigrants from countries that embrace cricket.
    Danish Bajwa, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
  • Critics praised the immersive nature of Clavell’s world-building and his depiction of cross-cultural understanding.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cross-cultural.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: