How to pronounce across
Listen to across in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“across” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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in total across across the across the pieces.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 49:38 · hear it here
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multilaterally; across issues, across regions, across our entire government.
State Department · watch from 8:28 · hear it here
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estimates across times, across countries, and across different methods.
Federal Reserve · watch from 11:38 · hear it here
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across the – across the landscape.
USGS · watch from 19:51 · hear it here
Why real speech
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