Thesaurus results for INTERSECTIONS

intersections

noun

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 At the same time, a traffic signal at Hazel Avenue and Folsom Boulevard was flashing in all directions, disrupting train signals at three additional intersections, Selenis said. — Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The group chose roads that would keep them moving, avoiding excessive stop-start riding at traffic lights and intersections wherever possible. — New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026 Three more intersections will have red-light enforcement cameras fully up and running at the end of the year. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 During the run of the exhibition, Maravilla will activate the commission via weekly sound baths, an essential component of his practice, which looks at the intersections between art and healing. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Soon, however, the Kings’ fondness for probing the strangest possible intersections of legal practice pushes Cupertino in odd and hilarious directions. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026 What all three films have in common, aside from various intersections and overlaps in their stories, is their repositioning of tech billionaires as the new screen villains. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Ten intersections in the city were also identified for improvements, including Eagle Street and Aurora Avenue and Hillside Road and Washington Street. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 These cameras photograph moving vehicles, typically at places like traffic intersections. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Along the way, the riders crossed mountain passes, passed through towns and villages, and dealt with the usual assortment of traffic and junctions.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Urban grids are a tight mesh of streets and junctions, meaning that any two points on them are connected by many viable routes.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of junctions

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There was very little original local production, and people were finding their favourite TV shows through obscure corners of the web.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
There’s a magic to young adults aged 18 to 22 coming together from different corners of the world, bringing their diverse tastes to a campus.

— Elise Brisco, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of corners

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Here, conservationists are planning to build two wildlife crossings over State Route 62, which connects Los Angeles and Joshua Tree National Park and is the site of hundreds of collisions between cars and wildlife every year.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
London — Oil prices climbed Thursday on continued worries about global supply following a record number of tanker attacks that sent crossings through the Strait of Hormuz to a two-month low.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of crossings

Noun

Related Stories The growing muscle that YouTube flexes as the video crossroads of the world was a near-constant subject of conversation.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Critics see a once-lively multiethnic crossroads suffocated by Chinese authoritarianism.

— David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of crossroads

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