How to Use cross section in a Sentence

cross section

noun
  • The class surveyed a cross section of the student body.
  • The drawing showed the human brain in cross section.
  • The people in our neighborhood are a representative cross section of American society.
  • In other words, the cross section may have been too skinny for a heavy medal.
    — Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2026
  • What really makes it for me is the cross section of the songs that are on this live record.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 23 June 2023
  • The cross section of the demographic that this show plays to just blew my mind.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The events, drawing from a cross section of movie and music fans, often sell out.
    — Wei-Huan Chen, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The fractal is cube-like, yet its cross section is quite surprising.
    — George Hart, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2013
  • Of course, stealth at sea requires much more than just reducing a ship's radar cross section.
    — Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics, 3 Dec. 2020
  • End-grain boards are formed by using pieces of wood cut parallel to the ground, like a cross section.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Head Start tends to be popular with a wide cross section of voters.
    — Louis Jacobson and Mia Penner, Austin American-Statesman, 26 July 2024
  • The list of covers reads like a cross section of their influences and heroes.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The committee is made up of a wide cross section of campus constituents.
    — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • In a cross section, the ridged area may be triangular, star-shaped or spiral.
    — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Only three patrons can come in at a time, but a cross section of the diverse city parades through each day.
    — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2020
  • You’re constantly forced to engage with the cross section of the country.
    — Kate Gonzales, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Like, these seem like a good, genuine, cross section of authentic stories.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The committee is made up of a cross section of residents from all four village wards.
    — cleveland, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The cross section between finance and culture has been clear to me throughout my career.
    — Robynne Sisco, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Their prototype can make things four metres tall, with a cross section of nearly a square metre.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Curled up against itself, and seen in cross section, the worm is barely recognizable as a worm.
    — Jacob Brogan, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • So now, instead of thinking of the Greek letter omega, imagine the cross section of a wave in the ocean.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2019
  • Obviously, this has always been the cross section of art and commerce.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
  • So this is a cross section of thermal and power and electronics, and all of the modeling there is.
    — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2021
  • That makes the Omni ideal for a cross section of customers who are both audiophiles and gamers.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
  • In contrast, the cross section of the neuroma looked disorganized, a smear of dots and swirls.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • Don't allow the light strands to cross sections or the points of assembly—sections will no longer come apart easily.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2022
  • This cross section of the Russian elite is not full of brave liberals willing to risk their neck for their country.
    — Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2023
  • It was filled with weirdos and outcasts, young and old alike, a cross section of Denver’s humanity.
    — Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Reducing the cross section of the trailer is the most effective way to reduce the drag and increase the range.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

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