as in junction
a place where roads meet follow this road and take a left turn at the next intersection
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Recent Examples of intersection The team in another truck, identified as Truck 1, moved to the front of the convoy of responders to wait at the taxiway intersection. —
Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026 The speed limit is 45 mph, 35 mph near the school, and there are no crosswalks besides at major intersections. —Desiree Mathurin april 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026 Jaffe works at this intersection through modalities including Reiki, emotional freedom technique tapping and journey work. —Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Dashboard camera footage from a police cruiser that arrived on scene shows brazen disregard for the arrival of authorities, as takeover participants, some wearing black face coverings, jump on the hood of the vehicle while fireworks blast off in an intersection behind them. —Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intersection
Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026 The speed limit is 45 mph, 35 mph near the school, and there are no crosswalks besides at major intersections. —Desiree Mathurin april 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026 Jaffe works at this intersection through modalities including Reiki, emotional freedom technique tapping and journey work. —Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Dashboard camera footage from a police cruiser that arrived on scene shows brazen disregard for the arrival of authorities, as takeover participants, some wearing black face coverings, jump on the hood of the vehicle while fireworks blast off in an intersection behind them. —Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intersection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersection
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Rupturing the northernmost 296 miles of the San Andreas Fault from northwest of San Juan Bautista to the triple junction at Cape Mendocino, the earthquake confounded contemporary geologists with its large, horizontal displacements and great rupture length.— Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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For a standard single-junction solar cell, that ceiling is around 33%.— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
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Only weeks after trading away one of the league's best corners in Trent McDuffie, the Chiefs traded up with Cleveland to take McDuffie's replacment.— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
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From corners, Bromley pack the six-yard box, with multiple players darting towards its centre.— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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The multitude of water managers tasked with overseeing the drying Colorado River system stand at a dire crossroads.— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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Or at least a crossroads, with numerous immediate needs and plenty others that have to be reconciled sooner than later as more contracts come to an end and Travis Kelce likely retires after this season.— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
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That expectation fell apart after Iranian forces resumed attacks on vessels, with crossings falling to just eight on Sunday.— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Human wildlife conflicts have made headlines in California recently, with a bear refusing to leave a basement for weeks in Altadena and a mama bear dubbed Blondie crossing paths last month with a woman walking her dog in Monrovia.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Intersection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/intersection. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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