Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A transept-aisle of a cruciform church.
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Examples
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Look for some cross-aisle bargaining in the coming weeks that involves conservative pet projects and causes.
Jerry Brown's Budget Gambit Allysia Finley 2011
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Obama has gotten more cross-aisle applause than Clinton ever did, even though Galston acknowledges that, by other measures, "polarization between the two parties is at an historic high."
For State of the Union address, will Republicans and Democrats stand together? Ben Pershing 2011
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Obama has gotten more cross-aisle applause than Clinton ever did, even though Galston acknowledges that, by other measures, "polarization between the two parties is at an historic high."
For State of the Union address, will Republicans and Democrats stand together? Ben Pershing 2011
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McCain insists that only he has done such cross-aisle work in the Senate.
Obama Camp To McCain: Thank You For Highlighting My Leadership On Nukes 2009
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Bass and coauthor Jim Beall say that despite the budget wrangle and deficits that California faces, the bill bears the name of 26 Assembly members, has wide cross-aisle support and will likely pass.
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And while Mr. Obama has presented himself as a great unifier, Mr. From has, for all of his third-way ideas about cross-aisle cooperation, proven himself a vicious party in-fighter, fairly reveling in the opprobrium of left-leaning bloggers and progressive think-tanks.
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Yet, if the applause at the party during the debate was any indication, some of Garcia's supporters do still err on the side of McCain, which might have caused some small discomfort among the Democrats in the room, but surely is an indication of Garcia's cross-aisle formidability.
John Hood: In Florida, A Congressional Candidate's Debate Watching Party Breaks Both Blue And Red 2008
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If we just vote for change, we will merely set ourselves up for another four years of teeth-gnashing and cross-aisle bickering.
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And while Mr. Obama has presented himself as a great unifier, Mr. From has, for all of his third-way ideas about cross-aisle cooperation, proven himself a vicious party in-fighter, fairly reveling in the opprobrium of left-leaning bloggers and progressive think-tanks.
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Consider the new book "Applebee's America," a cross-aisle collaboration among President Bush's pollster, Matthew Dowd, President Bill Clinton's political director, Douglas Sosnik, and Ron Fournier, formerly of the Associated Press.
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