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 That includes implementing cameras at dangerous intersections to automatically cite speeding drivers. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025 These references are likely due to the intersection of American identification with Roman republicanism, which the play dramatizes, and the long history of American interest in Shakespeare specifically. JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025 The series spotlights the intersection of culture and glam in four cities—New York, Toronto, New Orleans, and Los Angeles—each chosen for its distinct creative heartbeat. Essence, 23 Oct. 2025 Buses receive priority at intersections during other times but will still hit some red lights. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intersection
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Noun
  • Each junction behaves slightly differently, forming a complex 3D network that is impossible to exactly replicate.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Arsenal remain elite from corners and free kicks, while showing signs of improvement in open-play creativity.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In one corner of an upper floor of the Commons on the Universal Lot a coffee counter has been erected that looks like the café where Carey Mulligan’s character works in Emerald Fennel’s Promising Young Woman, and baristas hand out espresso and drip coffees.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • In your latest two films and your earlier works, there is a recurring theme of crossing borders, other places, being an outsider – sometimes even in one’s hometown.
    Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Saddling up with Santa Ynez Valley Horseback Rides means getting up close and personal with the Santa Ynez River, with up to four water crossings, as the horses step sure-footed through the shallows.
    Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Intersection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersection. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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