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Recent Examples of crossover
Cooper, an eight-time All-Defensive Team selection, had little answer for Floyd’s mix of spin moves, crossover dribbles and floaters.
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Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020
The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
Until the End of the World should have been a commercial crossover success, but instead it was cut too short to relay its intended meaning and still didn't find a wide audience.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
Nelson and Reilly are also credited with playing key roles in landing YouTube star KSI his first top 10 single in November, and the crossover success of classical pop singers Aled Jones and Russell Watson.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2020
The Great British Baking Show has become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossover
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Is the alliance not crucial to deterring the Kremlin’s aggression and expansionism?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
3 Feb. 2025
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Two of the awards season’s most crucial precursors will arrive this weekend with the Directors and Producers Guild awards.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Since 2020, when Giménez ran for Congress with Trump’s endorsement, the former mayor has been increasingly critical of undocumented immigration, arguing that former President Joe Biden’s policies created a crisis at the border.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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Rubio in the interview said the Arctic was going to become critical for shipping lanes, adding that the United States needs to be able to defend that and warning that U.S. rival China may seek to develop its presence.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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On vaccines, Democrats said Kennedy was flip-flopping on a life-and-death issue.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2025
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William eventually makes his way to the church to ask Jamie for help on a life-and-death matter.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Chang and Chen shared a fateful exchange that could only be described as a little icy.—
Ingu Chen,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ricky’s poor mother has hardly slept a wink in 15 years, ever since that fateful knock at the door, and despite her stone-cold front, Joanne, an old friend of the Smiths, is actually doing her best to keep Ricky on the straight and narrow.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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All the fractured parts in each group were bonded to their relevant apical parts by an etch and rinse bonding system and a flowable composite resin.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
2 Dec. 2013
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Meanwhile, the opposite was happening in the apical dendrites: The difference in their response to unexpected stimuli increased over time.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Nov. 2021
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His floor-spacing (42.2 percent from 3 since December) is vital for a bad shooting team.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Government policies and tax credits are vital for making solar more accessible for low-income households.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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The cultural, social, political, and technological shifts in this century could be epochal: manufacturing may or may not return to the United States; A.I. may or may not facilitate job loss on a vast scale—or, as some insist, an idyllic state of abundance.—
Anna Wiener,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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And yet, Rich comments how Hubble's epochal discovery was actually relatively recent.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
9 Sep. 2024
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Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.—
Michael Levi,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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“Crossover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossover. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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