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as in intersection
a place where two or more things are united
situated at the junction of several major railways, the city has long been a transportation hub
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as in merging
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the junction of the coalition's two military forces has not been without problems
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as in corner
a place where roads meet
the town finally installed a traffic light at that busy junction
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Recent Examples of junction
And in West Virginia’s capital of Charleston, where about 50,000 people live at the junction of two rivers in a wide and flat valley, a single storm could potentially flood five of the city’s six hospitals at once, along with schools, churches, fire departments, and other facilities.
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CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
The fire risk comes from a short circuit in the battery junction box, which can cause an engine fire when the vehicle is parked or in drive.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
The idea of shuttering a critical junction has prompted many frequent Yolo Causeway cyclists to contemplate other options.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Nestled near the junction of the 405, 5 and 22 freeways is a sweet little oasis of calm and beauty called the Bowers Museum.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
The fire risk comes from a short circuit in the battery junction box, which can cause an engine fire when the vehicle is parked or in drive.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
The idea of shuttering a critical junction has prompted many frequent Yolo Causeway cyclists to contemplate other options.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Nestled near the junction of the 405, 5 and 22 freeways is a sweet little oasis of calm and beauty called the Bowers Museum.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junction
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Pocket park The roughly 2,100-square-foot public space on Soledad Avenue would be next to a 4,494-square-foot single-family house planned for a currently vacant lot just east of the intersection of Soledad and Cowrie Avenue.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Police said Workman-Duffy had been crossing in a crosswalk on a green light at the intersection of Longview Road and Food Lane on the morning she was hit.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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SwifDoo also supports merging or splitting files, batch processing multiple documents, and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The 2026 World Cup is right around the corner, and anticipation for the biggest event in sports is building rapidly.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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So, the Carter and Alexander deals once again called DeJean’s status into question — especially since Carter is primarily a slot corner.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Last week’s episodes forced players to both cut a member of the Z-Team (Sonar or Coupé), then subsequently add a new one (Phenomaman or Waterboy), leading to different variations of certain scenes, but also cutting entire characters out of the narrative at this juncture.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Kentucky leads the pack with 2,423 wins at this juncture.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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The group was formed by the merger of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and Inland Press Association in 2019.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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For much of the past decade, sportsbooks and legacy sports media companies have chased a dream of the perfect merger—one that leans on the latter’s platform and name to build a dominant gambling brand.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Beijing has pledged that unification is inevitable—by force if necessary—and has significantly ramped up military activities in the Taiwan Strait in recent years.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg | Getty Images Private equity fund managers are bracing for a wave of consolidation as investors demand higher returns and stronger governance, forcing a shakeout in an overcrowded industry, several industry veterans said at a high-level finance summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Amid the roster’s consolidation, that group has largely been wiped out, leaving Fairley to manage the fallout.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Thankfully, due to a lot of personal research, the connecting of many dots, and a strong Wi-Fi signal, Teddy has uncovered the truth.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Junction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junction. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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