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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
Throughout the summit, speakers framed Connecticut as being at a crossroads.
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P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Perched along the shores of North Carolina’s Lake Norman, in the Charlotte suburbs at the northern edge of Mecklenburg County, Davidson College’s location is a crossroads for red and blue America.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
The first half ends with Benedict and Sophie at a crossroads, an impasse.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
The River Trail is located at Lees Ferry, a crossroads of western history.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Perched along the shores of North Carolina’s Lake Norman, in the Charlotte suburbs at the northern edge of Mecklenburg County, Davidson College’s location is a crossroads for red and blue America.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
The first half ends with Benedict and Sophie at a crossroads, an impasse.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
The River Trail is located at Lees Ferry, a crossroads of western history.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossroad
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His work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, behavior change, and technology.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Historical figures such as Vietnam’s crown prince Bảo Long, Empress Nam Phương, and Emperor Khải Định of the Nguyễn dynasty, a period marked by a rich cultural intersection between Vietnam and the Western world, are a nod to the brand’s own ambitions.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
29 Jan. 2026
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In moments of crisis—when communities are grieving, divided, or searching for ways to care for one another—nonprofits stand on the front lines, holding our social fabric together through connection, healing, and support.—
Cat Ward,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Kim all but disappeared from public view, until the president declared martial law late one Tuesday night in December 2023, launching the nation – and the couple – into a far bigger crisis.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Snack on a Umm Ali pastry while sipping a karak chai (the local spiced tea, a mix of black tea, cardamom and condensed milk found on every street corner).—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But no one outside of the most credulous corners of the media are buying it.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Creating reliable molecular junctions at the nanometer scale Building molecular junctions requires electrodes spaced less than 3 nanometers apart.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Astrocytes, which outnumber neurons in many brain regions, have complex and varied shapes, and sometimes tendrils, that can envelop hundreds of thousands or millions of synapses, the junctions where neurons exchange molecular signals.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Crossroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossroad. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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