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
Podrabinek captures the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident’s life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.
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Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Featuring women at the intersections of gender, age, disability, and disease, Pinjar is a nuanced illustration of this.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Specific projects may include a walking path on the east side of Davidson-Concord Road and improvements to multiple intersections.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
The setting of a raucous party allows DaCosta to thread strikingly modern musings on the intersections of race, queerness, and class into Ibsen’s classic without weighing it down.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
In Yaoundé, streets were quiet, shops shuttered, and armored vehicles patrolled major intersections.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
That includes implementing cameras at dangerous intersections to automatically cite speeding drivers.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Along with the physical upgrades at stations and intersections, Miami-Dade will be running more buses on the busway’s express routes.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The cameras operate by snapping photos of every car that passes through the intersections where they are based.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Featuring women at the intersections of gender, age, disability, and disease, Pinjar is a nuanced illustration of this.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Specific projects may include a walking path on the east side of Davidson-Concord Road and improvements to multiple intersections.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
The setting of a raucous party allows DaCosta to thread strikingly modern musings on the intersections of race, queerness, and class into Ibsen’s classic without weighing it down.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
In Yaoundé, streets were quiet, shops shuttered, and armored vehicles patrolled major intersections.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
That includes implementing cameras at dangerous intersections to automatically cite speeding drivers.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Along with the physical upgrades at stations and intersections, Miami-Dade will be running more buses on the busway’s express routes.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The cameras operate by snapping photos of every car that passes through the intersections where they are based.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersections
Noun
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Mountains and forests rush by outside, broken up by junctions, barriers and bridges, the quality of light shifts along with the seasons.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2025
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This repels other migrating ions, acting like a traffic jam at the most important internal junctions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His popularity in other corners was evident in an October appearance on The View, in which cohost Whoopi Goldberg had to reprimand the audience for shouting out too many supportive exclamations.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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All that oomph is split between all four corners by a seven-speed dual-clutch S-Tronic gearbox.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Damascus will take control of the region’s vital oil fields, airports, and manage its border crossings.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Reaching the summit requires a strenuous 15-mile hike round-trip, with water crossings, loose rocks, and a steep climb at altitude.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Scott was at a career crossroads.—
Mike Kaye
January 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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The country’s democratic movement is at a crossroads.—
Michael Albertus,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Intersections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersections. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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