as in junction
a place where roads meet
follow this road and take a left turn at the next intersection
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Recent Examples of intersection
Crime scene tape blocked off part of the street at that intersection, and a helicopter circled overhead.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Navigate the map to a specific address or intersection by searching for it in the search box at the bottom of the map.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
The complaint includes new images from CCTV showing the frantic scene during the shooting, which occurred at a busy intersection where multiple civilians were crossing the street Monday afternoon.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 6 May 2026
For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Navigate the map to a specific address or intersection by searching for it in the search box at the bottom of the map.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
The complaint includes new images from CCTV showing the frantic scene during the shooting, which occurred at a busy intersection where multiple civilians were crossing the street Monday afternoon.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 6 May 2026
For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersection
Noun
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The 13-year-old from Long Island, New York, had been born with ureterovesical junction obstruction, a rare congenital disease, where a blockage between the ureter and bladder causes urine to back up into the kidney.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lewis and King were coworkers at Taco Casa, a fast food restaurant near the junction of Interstate 30 and East Loop 820 in Fort Worth.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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Even from my extremely suboptimal vantage point in the very front corner of the theater, I was awed by the depth and crispness of the 3D imagery.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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Instead of distributing the same braking pressure across all four wheels, the software continuously adjusts force at every corner of the vehicle.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Consider the other teams that, like the Mets, have high expectations and have swiftly reached a crossroads.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Rabat is a cultural crossroads where books help transmit knowledge and the arts in all their diversity.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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Those named included civilian employees, school safety officers, traffic enforcement officers and crossing guards.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Other oil companies paid an excess of $3 million in addition to the crossing fee to accelerate their passage in the face of soaring oil prices.—
Alma Solís,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Intersection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersection. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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