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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For a standard single-junction solar cell, that ceiling is around 33%.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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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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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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With its cast of characters essentially plucked from Fugard’s early life in Port Elizabeth, the play introduces Hally (a stand-in for Fugard) at a crossroads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Connecticut’s public schools are at a crossroads.—
Patrice McCarthy,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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The initial investigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle, a 38-year-old male, was traveling northbound on the highway crossing through West Bromley Lane when the pedestrian crossed the road and was struck by the vehicle.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The project includes replacing a section of Book Road with a one-mile, 12-foot-wide paved trail, improving the existing trail crossing at 119th Street and installing new bench pads and benches, officials said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Intersection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersection. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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