(intr) (of a note in a book) to refer to related material
to provide or be provided with cross-indexes
First recorded in 1890–95
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Now, all you have to do is, immediately you have made your entry, to index it; and if you will only spare the time and patience and perseverance, to cross index it.
From Literary Byways by Andrews, William
Another suggestion is to use a scrapbook or file, and cross-index everything so you can find what you need, when you need it.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2013
These match-ups happen because it is common for BBC producers to keep Sellotaped notebooks, and now digital files, that cross-index subjects with possible contributors.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011
In addition to telephone guidance, Call for Action has assembled and published a neatly tabbed book listing 18 of the city's agencies, with a cross-index linking each problem with cause and solution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile, I'm happy to report that the Nomad can not only alphabetize tracks but cross-index by album, artist and genre.
From Time Magazine Archive
“About how to cross-index our follow-up letter catalogue better,” he answered promptly.
From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo
Manhattan Physician Joseph J. Sanger cross-indexes his medical journals to provide him with instant, tailor-made refresher courses on any disease he asks for.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have friends who keep a spreadsheet of every show they’ve seen, cross-indexed to their Playbill collection.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Working from a Madison Avenue office, Mr. Jarecki and Mr. Smerling built a library of documents, court records, interviews and newspaper articles, all of it cross-indexed and annotated.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2019
Sitting at dual monitors in the captain's cabin of his houseboat, Heede takes me on a tour of his data set, a seemingly endless series of color-coded and cross-indexed spreadsheets.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2016
Though he draws on a subject file of 6,000 cross-indexed listings for his conversational ploys, Gibson never uses a script, a Teleprompter or an "idiot card," even ad-libs his commercials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also he had investigated, indexed, and cross-indexed the city council with a view to ascertaining how great or how little would be the effort he must devote to obtaining from it the coveted franchise.
From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
The monologues allow a cross-indexing of various aspects of love: lust, friend ship, disinterested affection, good will and gratitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such lists allow the gaming companies to tailor their direct pitches to individuals and, by cross-indexing with their own information, spot whether a customer is "underbetting," based on his income and net worth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Far from slowly powering down, the brain as it ages begins bringing new cognitive systems on line and cross-indexing existing ones in ways it never did before.
From Time Magazine Archive
But since the millions of documents were all arranged by their places of origin rather than by subject matter, the problems of cross-indexing stretch toward infinity.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I never saw anything more fascinating!" she cried the day when Ellen explained to her the workings of a system for cross-indexing the card-catalogues of refugees already aided.
From Home Fires in France by Canfield, Dorothy
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