intersections

plural of intersection
as in junctions
a place where roads meet follow this road and take a left turn at the next intersection

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Recent Examples of intersections The Road Ahead While many of us have focused on the flash of AVs, the transportation sector has adopted AI tools to create safer, more efficient streets, intersections and interstates. Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Others questioned the new emphasis on lettered exits, arguing that street names and intersections can be more useful for tourists and occasional riders. Mike Stunson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 Self, who is known for her distinct depictions of the Black female body that generate discourse around intersections of race, gender and sexuality, is not surprised by this statistic. Tanya Fevzi, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Look on the undersides of leaves and branch intersections for signs of pests. The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026 Now in its 83rd edition, Venice remains one of the great intersections of cinema and fashion. Alex Badia, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 On Thursday evening, traffic lights at more than 80 intersections in Detroit were without power and firefighters were checking on people in neighborhoods. Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Bringing together experts from power and energy, communications, computing, robotics, biomedical engineering, and many other domains to address real-world problems, these interdisciplinary intersections are where breakthroughs emerge. Mary Ellen Randall, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026 The closure channeled extra traffic to and then backed up I-285 northbound on both sides of town from well before its two I-20 intersections. Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersections
Noun
  • Concrete is important again here, dictating the lack of material variation throughout the museum, the uniform thickness of the gallery walls, and the minimal slots of light at the junctions of many walls and ceilings.
    Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The measurements showed that internal dendrites formed at defects such as pores and grain-boundary junctions.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Both tracks have plenty of blind corners, are lined with walls, and feature high-speed turns.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Curb cuts — those graded concrete ramps at the edge of sidewalk corners that allow anyone and anything with wheels to glide gently onto the street below — aren’t really the sort of thing most people think about.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The West African Atlantic route to Spain’s Canary Islands is one of the deadliest crossings to Europe.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Hikers contend with steep climbs, boulder fields, exposed roots, mud, stream crossings and rocks upon rocks upon rocks.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Still, Malone has jumped right in, even signing a player — former South Dakota center Cameron Fens, who is part of an eligibility suit filed in Tennessee — caught squarely in the crossroads of that uncertainty.
    Brendan Marks, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Located at the junction of three continents—Europe, Asia, and Africa—the region has historically been a crossroads for conquerors, peoples, trade, and ideas.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Intersections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersections. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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