Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Running, extending, or going across a city or town.
- adverb Across a city or town.
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- adjective US
Extending across acity or town. - adjective public transportation
Connecting different areas of a city or town without passing throughdowntown . - adjective Situated at the other end of town.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb across a town or city
- adjective going or extending across a town or city
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Examples
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The crosstown is a joke as is the civic center and nobody thinks it's funny anymore.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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Similar complaints have been made by Chicagoans, who have long waited for a "crosstown" public transit system.
Chicago Suburbs Want Improved Public Transit: Poll Shows Citizens Prefer Bus, Train Improvements Over Expressway Expansion (POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Similar complaints have been made by Chicagoans, who have long waited for a "crosstown" public transit system.
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Similar complaints have been made by Chicagoans, who have long waited for a "crosstown" public transit system.
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For LG, the challenge is to distinguish itself from companies such as crosstown rival Samsung, which began the transition to a high-value brand a decade ago.
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The Bambino was 8-for-49 with a home run in five previous World Series with the Boston Red Sox and Yankees, including 2-for-17 in the 1922 World Series, when the crosstown Giants swept the Yankees.
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Elevated light rail for crosstown transportation in Manhattan's midtown districts, rapid bus transit and more bike lanes will help transport our citizens more efficiently.
Tom Allon: Cutting Through Partisanship to Find New Solutions for New York City Tom Allon 2012
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Elevated light rail for crosstown transportation in Manhattan's midtown districts, rapid bus transit and more bike lanes will help transport our citizens more efficiently.
Tom Allon: Cutting Through Partisanship to Find New Solutions for New York City Tom Allon 2012
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The law, as best I can recall, prohibits anyone from delivering first-class letters as cheaply as the USPS does; the idea is that the virtual flattening of the country, since it costs as much to send a letter crosstown as it does to send one coast-to-coast, is worth the higher cost; urban users of the system subsidize rural ones.
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Afterwards, in a real New York moment, we rode the crosstown bus where we had a nice chat with the President of the Drama Desk and the producers of Hair (who also won tonight - congrats ladies!).
Proud Parent Moment, New York Style aka TBTAM 2009
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