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
On July 5, 1978, a group of young disabled people blocked two city buses at a bustling downtown Denver intersection to demand that wheelchair lifts be installed on new buses.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
Pubentz said four-way stop intersections have 32 vehicle conflict points.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Amid a scattershot season that has dropped the Miami Heat to the bottom of the play-in pack stands a story at the rare intersection of played out and barely at play.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
The neighborhood is just south of the boulevard’s intersection with Cannon Road.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
Pubentz said four-way stop intersections have 32 vehicle conflict points.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Amid a scattershot season that has dropped the Miami Heat to the bottom of the play-in pack stands a story at the rare intersection of played out and barely at play.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
The neighborhood is just south of the boulevard’s intersection with Cannon Road.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersection
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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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The square also has a new role as a traffic hub — this time, as a key junction for bicycles.—
Marie Patino,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 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
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Surely, every generation faces this devastating crossroads of actual adulthood.—
Annah Feinberg,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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In trading Angel Reese on Monday, the franchise stumbled upon a crossroad.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The closest river crossing is 5 miles to the west at I-435, which carries 2 1/2 times as many drivers.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Israeli military has struck a seventh key crossing point over the Litani River linking Lebanon's south to the rest of the country, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement today.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Intersection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersection. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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