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as in moments
a particular and often important moment in time
at the present juncture, I think the country is looking for a strong president
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as in junctions
a place where two or more things are united
the water is leaking at the juncture of those two pipes
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as in crossroads
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
we have now arrived at a juncture where something must be done to avert war
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Recent Examples of junctures
There's something so deeply satisfying about winnowing a huge capital ship down to its smallest components, finding critical welds and junctures, and melting them apart with your heat laser.
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Toney’s two touchdown scores came at crucial junctures in the game.
—Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
In addition to slowing the run after getting gashed by Detroit last week, Baltimore also must do a better job of taking care of the football at crucial junctures.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Embed human reviewers at key decision junctures and ensure full audit trails are maintained.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Beijing has played an instrumental role in bringing the Kim regime to the negotiating table and, at multiple junctures, voted in favor of United Nations sanctions.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
During those critical junctures, a more incremental policy might have prevented those tragic errors.
—James B. Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Toney’s two touchdown scores came at crucial junctures in the game.
—Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
In addition to slowing the run after getting gashed by Detroit last week, Baltimore also must do a better job of taking care of the football at crucial junctures.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Embed human reviewers at key decision junctures and ensure full audit trails are maintained.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Beijing has played an instrumental role in bringing the Kim regime to the negotiating table and, at multiple junctures, voted in favor of United Nations sanctions.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
During those critical junctures, a more incremental policy might have prevented those tragic errors.
—James B. Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junctures
Noun
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Officials say there were no survivors inside the facility, depriving investigators of crucial eyewitness accounts of the final moments leading up to the explosion.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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A lot of ups and downs, a lot of close moments.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Surprisingly, cognitive decline in healthy aging isn't as simple as neurons dying, but rather neurons losing their spark at the synapse, the tiny junctions where signals leap from cell to cell.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Four rotors, mounted at wing junctions, provide lift for vertical flight and stability during transition.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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After winning a national championship at Baylor in 2021, becoming an All-American and almost winning another national title at Houston in 2025, Cryer faced a basketball crossroads after five years playing in college.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield star in the film about a college professor (Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her mentee (Edebiri) accuses a friend and colleague (Garfield) of crossing a line.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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Pittsburgh had raced out into a 10-0 lead midway through the second quarter but 20 straight points from the Bengals put them on top at Paycor Stadium.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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Each restaurant in Jefferson County is scored out of a possible 100 points.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Manually override the system when approaching intersections, crosswalks or railroad tracks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Lincoln Street at 14th Avenue remained closed, but other intersections along Colfax Avenue and Broadway had reopened.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Amazon's cloud arm, Amazon Web Services, suffered an outage that took down sites such as Reddit and Snapchat, plunging millions, including yours truly, into existential crises.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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In generic financial crises, that often appear quite suddenly, many individuals, businesses or governments cannot meet their financial obligations, whether payments of interest or principal on loans or simply paying for goods purchased or even wages due.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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That is an unlikely combination because, in general, teams that score so much on offense have the lead, forcing teams into passing situations to keep pace.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That’s what pushed me to being a creative type like people tend to in those situations.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Junctures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junctures. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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