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as in intersection
a place where roads meet
the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads
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as in crisis
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 crossroads
New York is a crossroads for them at the edge of the continent, like a traffic circle with east-west routes running along the ocean or north-south routes going up the harbor or to New Jersey.
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Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The crossroads sustainable fashion now finds itself at could rebalance trust in green claims, giving companies with less genuine impact investment an easy way out, Allweiss says, and making space for the truly committed to step up and be properly acknowledged.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Geralt and his companions are at a literal crossroads.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The timing couldn’t have been better; my life was at a crossroads.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The war over which side gets to run the resource-rich nation that sits at the vital crossroads between North Africa, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea has not been happening in a vacuum.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
One of our customers, a tour bus operator known for exceptional customer service, faced a similar crossroads – how to grow without sacrificing the personal touch that they were known for.
—Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
The rising price tag — $50 million above estimates in each of its first two years — puts the program, known as Healthy School Meals for All, at a crossroads.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
His return to the spotlight will mark a crossroads for the franchise.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The crossroads sustainable fashion now finds itself at could rebalance trust in green claims, giving companies with less genuine impact investment an easy way out, Allweiss says, and making space for the truly committed to step up and be properly acknowledged.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Geralt and his companions are at a literal crossroads.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The timing couldn’t have been better; my life was at a crossroads.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The war over which side gets to run the resource-rich nation that sits at the vital crossroads between North Africa, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea has not been happening in a vacuum.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
One of our customers, a tour bus operator known for exceptional customer service, faced a similar crossroads – how to grow without sacrificing the personal touch that they were known for.
—Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
The rising price tag — $50 million above estimates in each of its first two years — puts the program, known as Healthy School Meals for All, at a crossroads.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
His return to the spotlight will mark a crossroads for the franchise.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossroads
Noun
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Pocket park The roughly 2,100-square-foot public space on Soledad Avenue would be next to a 4,494-square-foot single-family house planned for a currently vacant lot just east of the intersection of Soledad and Cowrie Avenue.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Police said Workman-Duffy had been crossing in a crosswalk on a green light at the intersection of Longview Road and Food Lane on the morning she was hit.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Daisy Jones & the Six chronicles the rise and fall of a group fronted by two charismatic lead singers—Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne—and their journey from obscurity to fame, complete with romantic tensions, personal crises, and drug problems.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Climate crisis supercharging typhoons The western Pacific is the most active tropical basin on Earth but global ocean temperatures have been at record levels for each of the last eight years.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The 2026 World Cup is right around the corner, and anticipation for the biggest event in sports is building rapidly.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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So, the Carter and Alexander deals once again called DeJean’s status into question — especially since Carter is primarily a slot corner.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Each junction behaves slightly differently, forming a complex 3D network that is impossible to exactly replicate.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Canal supporters identified the break in the Appalachian Mountains at the junction of the Mohawk River and the Hudson as a propitious place to dig a channel to Lake Erie.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Crossroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossroads. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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