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Recent Examples of crossroad In the movie, King is at a career crossroads amid a changing entertainment industry interested in social media and technology. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 In 2025, the global fashion industry stands at a critical crossroads. Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025 And that led to a crossroads moment of self-reflection. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 After the Hunt is described as psychological drama about college professor Alma Imhoff (Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when star student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri) accuses her colleague Hank (Andrew Garfield) of assault. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crossroad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossroad
Noun
  • Here’s my Saturday column on the intersection of bad luck and bad decisions for the Dolphins, and how Miami must hope that’s not the case in four key areas.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Resident upset by upcoming intersection closure Mooresville resident Richard Beck criticized the closure in an email to The Charlotte Observer and local and state elected officials.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vietnam's crisis is not yet as severe as Singapore's or some of East Asia's lowest-fertility states, but the trend line is moving in the same direction.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Today @FBIDirectorKash was in Cincinnati to announce charges in an operation targeting the fentanyl crisis.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, Instagram has improved a few other corners to make better use of the larger display.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One of those bets was £115 but it was heard the same person had placed almost £1,000 on the corners market of a fixture not involving Paqueta just two days earlier.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Surprisingly, cognitive decline in healthy aging isn't as simple as neurons dying, but rather neurons losing their spark at the synapse, the tiny junctions where signals leap from cell to cell.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction formed by the former Tethys Ocean and now squeezed together between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Crossroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossroad. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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