"crossbench" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more crossbench",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most crossbench",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "crossbench (comparative more crossbench, superlative most crossbench)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "cross-bench"
        }
      ],
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "crossbencher"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 April 12, Diane Abbott, Donald MacLeod, Mary Warnock, Barbara Gunnell, “What dilemma would you give a five-year-old?”, in The Observer",
          "text": "Mary Warnock is a philosopher and crossbench peer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 2, “Network News: Sir Peter Hendy destined for House of Lords”, in RAIL, number 969, page 21",
          "text": "Network Rail Chairman Sir Peter Hendy CBE has been nominated for a Crossbench Peerage.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of cross-bench"
      ],
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          "cross-bench",
          "cross-bench#English"
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      ],
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        "alt-of",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "crossbench"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "crossbencher"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more crossbench",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most crossbench",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "crossbench (comparative more crossbench, superlative most crossbench)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "cross-bench"
        }
      ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 April 12, Diane Abbott, Donald MacLeod, Mary Warnock, Barbara Gunnell, “What dilemma would you give a five-year-old?”, in The Observer",
          "text": "Mary Warnock is a philosopher and crossbench peer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 2, “Network News: Sir Peter Hendy destined for House of Lords”, in RAIL, number 969, page 21",
          "text": "Network Rail Chairman Sir Peter Hendy CBE has been nominated for a Crossbench Peerage.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of cross-bench"
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "crossbench"
}