cross section
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A broader cross section of thousands of fund returns make up commonly used performance indexes published by Cambridge Associates and MSCI.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment demands a jury drawn from a representative cross section of the community.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025
Ms Edwards said the 10 companies in attendance at Thursday's meeting covered a "cross section" of first-line direct suppliers, covering the "whole eco-system" of the supply chain.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
“Hopefully our country can get back to that. The Owens Valley, and Inyo County in particular, is a perfect cross section of America.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024
The subjects were chosen from across the country to represent an accurate cross section of American schoolchildren.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.