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crosshairs::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | center, center of attention, centre, centre of attention |
the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs.
Examples of crosshairs
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This time, Infiniti had the benchmark, BMW's 5 Series sedans, in its crosshairs.
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Microsoft has been in the crosshairs of European antitrust officials since 1998.
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I think Coach A put himself in the focus, or crosshairs, if you will, last year.
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You have these cleverly named liberals in your crosshairs, but they don't exist.
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It's even possible that Business Objects could itself remain in the crosshairs.
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As business travelers we are often caught in the crosshairs of all this insanity.
From the usatoday.com
Bernanke and his colleagues seem stunned to find themselves in the crosshairs.
From the heraldtribune.com
Public dissension is the quickest way to get in the crosshairs of the Taliban.
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Huang's business sits in the crosshairs of China's evolving free-trade policy.
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- A center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"
- A reticle is a net of fine lines or fibers in the eyepiece of a sighting device, such as a telescope, a telescopic sight, a microscope, or the screen of an oscilloscope. The word ' comes from the Latin "reticulum," meaning "net. ...
- Crosshairs is the name of several fictional characters of the various Transformers universes.
- (crosshair) reticle
- (Crosshair) A line used for the alignment of knots and the reflection of lines. Crosshairs appear either as a horizontal and a vertical line or as two diagonal lines.
- (Crosshair) The on-screen picture in the middle of the game screen that one uses to aim. There are four main types and the ability to create custom types.
- (Crosshair) The small circle or plus sign (or a combination) in the center of a player's screen whose purpose is to assist in precise aiming when firing a weapon
- The crosshair located on the digitizing tablet cursor is used as the positioning target to select a menu block from a paper menu. The crosshair pointer on the screen is used with element placement tools.
- Also known as reticle, it is a system of cross wires, dots, or rings in the focus of a finder scope or eyepiece for centering purposes.
