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crosscurrent
[ kraws-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-, kros- ]
/ ˈkrɔsˌkɜr ənt, -ˌkʌr-, ˈkrɒs- /
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OTHER WORDS FROM crosscurrent
cross·cur·rent·ed, adjectiveWords nearby crosscurrent
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How to use crosscurrent in a sentence
Its political crosscurrents often presage the country's, meaning the result could be telling for Democrats in the 2022 congressional midterms.
British Dictionary definitions for crosscurrent
crosscurrent
/ (ˈkrɒsˌkʌrənt) /
noun
a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
a conflicting tendency moving counter to the usual trend
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