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as in intersection
usually crossroads plural
a place where roads meet
the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads
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as in crisis
usually crossroads plural
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
we've come to a crossroads, and we have to make a decision
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Recent Examples of crossroad
Now, having given up all the success she's fought for in the last four seasons, Deborah is at a crossroads on what to do next, and Ava is ever-faithfully by her side.
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Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Creative differences between Levinson and HBO over where to go from this existential crossroads delayed the season even further.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
Surely, every generation faces this devastating crossroads of actual adulthood.
—Annah Feinberg, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Now the Sky have reached a crossroad.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
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Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Creative differences between Levinson and HBO over where to go from this existential crossroads delayed the season even further.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
Surely, every generation faces this devastating crossroads of actual adulthood.
—Annah Feinberg, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Now the Sky have reached a crossroad.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crossroad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossroad
Noun
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Antoniazzi added that new construction would add to the traffic at an already busy intersection.—
Sooji Nam,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Saturday, April 4, near the intersection of Remount Road and Wilkinson Boulevard, and one of the patrons was injured when the suspect hit her with his car, court documents report.—
Mark Price
April 9,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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During the financial crisis in spring 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama dismissed his rivals' calls for a federal gas tax suspension.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The fighting has pushed many people into famine, caused a huge displacement crisis and left over 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Video footage captured by a passing motorist’s dash camera showed ICE agents shooting Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez early Tuesday, apparently through the window of his car, following a traffic stop on a freeway overpass in a rural corner of the Central Valley, near the town of Patterson.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The 360° suction technology works to pull in dirty air from every corner of the room and replace it with clean, fresh air up to 770 square feet.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For a standard single-junction solar cell, that ceiling is around 33%.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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That is the junction where a forensic psychosocial evaluation can become a catalyst for justice and promote the human dignity.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Crossroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossroad. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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