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cross section

noun

Definition of cross section

as in sampling

a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population

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Recent Examples of cross section One such issue may be a Sixth Amendment challenge arguing that the jury venire does not sufficiently reflect a fair cross section of the community. — Opinion Staff, Oc Register, 10 May 2026 Instead, the Defense Ministry is seeking to make the military more attractive to a broad cross section of society. — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 Just as Season 1 was a sociological cross section of Asian-American Los Angeles and its many subcultures, Season 2 gets specific with another corner of Southern California. — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 Missouri and 40 others states have expanded Medicaid coverage to include a broader cross section of low-income adults under a provision of the Affordable Care Act. — Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cross section

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Real-time tracking cuts costly checks Nuclear facilities currently rely on a combination of instruments, physical security measures, manual sampling and periodic shutdowns to determine how much nuclear material is present and where it is located.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Higher-quality polls rely on expensive methodologies, such as randomized sampling, so many pollsters opt for cheaper solutions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
As part of this contract, the partnership acquired a dedicated Zodiac boat to collect water samples.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

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