Sentence examples for across things from inspiring English sources

The phrase "across things" is not standard in written English and may be unclear in meaning.
It could be used in contexts where one is referring to various items or subjects, but it lacks specificity and clarity.
Example: "We need to find commonalities across things that seem unrelated."
Alternatives: "among items" or "through various aspects".

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Isn't it usually mothers who "stumble across" things in their teenage daughters' rooms?

I still come across things that are a bit of a surprise.

Occasionally I come across things that I think might make for a nice story.

Even across things like age, we look at retention to see if there are gaps or differentials.

I've never come across things like that before, I've never seen it as persistently as this and the government are not acknowledging it.

Javier Marías talks of "recognition": in a good novel you come across things that you knew, but you didn't know you knew.

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Must stay across these things".

When you have to travel across London, things happen".

Across town, things did not look so bright at the Kandahar Medical College.

"You can see the creativity people had when they came across new things," she said.

The political criticisms, the refusal to accept unbearable injustices -- you go across these things.

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