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crossover

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1. crossover - Noun

2. crossover - Adjective

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a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience

a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

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There's good reason to be excited. You have the first woman running who is qualified, and a very attractive African-American who has demonstrated crossover appeal. I got involved in politics 40 years ago during the civil rights movement, so yes, it's an exciting thing. Joe Biden

It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV actor or a movie actor. Today, there's a lot of crossover with film actors doing television, which never happened before, so those lines are a little bit more blurred than they used to be. Aaron Tveit

There is actually quite a lot of crossover between the quacks and drug companies. They use the same tricks and tactics to bamboozle people into buying their pills, but drug firms can afford to use slightly more sophisticated versions. Ben Goldacre

I really want to do a 'True Blood-Six Feet Under' comic book crossover. Michael McMillian

That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else. Peter Garrett

What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or YA is in fact crossover and is equally valid for anyone who likes to read fantasy. Robin McKinley

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