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
When crossing intersections, ride perpendicular to tram lines, as bike tires can easily get stuck in them, sending even the most experienced riders flying over the handlebars.
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Georgina Ustik, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
The county project will include three roundabouts along Old Melbourne Highway and its intersections with Botanic Boulevard, Bronco Drive and Sunbridge Parkway.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
Avoid intersections where cross traffic does not stop.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
At intersections, it can be found mostly on corners, as the city pushes it one way and property owners push it the other.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
In most communities with license plate readers, the devices are placed at or near major public intersections.
—CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Waymo also faltered during a massive power outage in the same Bay Area city in December as self-driving cars froze, blocking intersections when traffic lights went out.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner’s Department, Sites-Fenton was found dead in the desert near the intersections of Mariposa Road and Ranchero Street in Hesperia on April 16, 2001.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
In Macomb County, subdivision roads are plowed only when four inches or more of snow has fallen, according to the Macomb County Department of Roads, though salt is applied within subdivisions at entrances, exits, intersections and hills.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Georgina Ustik, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
The county project will include three roundabouts along Old Melbourne Highway and its intersections with Botanic Boulevard, Bronco Drive and Sunbridge Parkway.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
Avoid intersections where cross traffic does not stop.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
At intersections, it can be found mostly on corners, as the city pushes it one way and property owners push it the other.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
In most communities with license plate readers, the devices are placed at or near major public intersections.
—CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Waymo also faltered during a massive power outage in the same Bay Area city in December as self-driving cars froze, blocking intersections when traffic lights went out.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner’s Department, Sites-Fenton was found dead in the desert near the intersections of Mariposa Road and Ranchero Street in Hesperia on April 16, 2001.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
In Macomb County, subdivision roads are plowed only when four inches or more of snow has fallen, according to the Macomb County Department of Roads, though salt is applied within subdivisions at entrances, exits, intersections and hills.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersections
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Creating reliable molecular junctions at the nanometer scale Building molecular junctions requires electrodes spaced less than 3 nanometers apart.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Astrocytes, which outnumber neurons in many brain regions, have complex and varied shapes, and sometimes tendrils, that can envelop hundreds of thousands or millions of synapses, the junctions where neurons exchange molecular signals.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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The company’s success is attributed to the distinct expertise of its three founders, who come from different corners of the media and business landscape.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those requirements clashed with the corners of NFL fields, where the edges of end zones are often not far from the facing of the stadium’s lower bowl.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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But it still cannot be used to bring aid in, and though humanitarian support has increased via crossings from Israel, such assistance remains insufficient for the territory’s undernourished population.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Well, the starting point has to be systems characterized by integrity, which is to say with minimal space for illegally regular migration, smuggling, trafficking, mass border crossings.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The ambulance with Hamas goes through major crossroads.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Florida’s 2026 Legislative Session is reaching the halfway mark, and public schools are at a crossroads that lawmakers can address.—
Andrew Spar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Intersections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersections. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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