cross-cutting

British  

adjective

1. linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests

   a multi-agency, cross-cutting approach on drugs

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cross-cutting

The cross-cutting data on the Fed’s two mandates—price stability and full employment—argues for caution from policy makers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Whether the decision can be taken by a single minister depends on whether it is considered "controversial" and/or cross-cutting, in other words whether it falls under the purview of multiple departments.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025

Based on these cross-cutting relationships, the authors suggest that the ilmenite-rich layer sank prior to 4.22 billion years ago, which is consistent with it contributing to later volcanism seen on the lunar surface.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

As the WHO puts it, it’s to “enable early cross-cutting R&D preparedness that is also relevant” for an unknown disease.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

It means from twenty to fifty below, with the wind swooping out of every canyon, cross-cutting like knives, and not the sign of a road-house in days, in weeks sometimes.

From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson

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