abutments

noun

plural of abutment
as in sutures

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  1. intersections
  2. attachments
  3. articulations
Noun
  • Traffic lights were out at about 80 intersections, so city workers were using generators and placing stop signs at those intersections, the statement said.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Bringing together experts from power and energy, communications, computing, robotics, biomedical engineering, and many other domains to address real-world problems, these interdisciplinary intersections are where breakthroughs emerge.
    — Mary Ellen Randall, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of intersections
Noun
  • Along the way, the family’s reality show has become the seed from which a panoply of other projects, opportunities, and attachments have sprouted.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Looking up patients on Facebook or Instagram, seeing what their lives were like before sickness and death, can create emotional attachments that make a difficult job even harder.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of attachments
Noun
  • Only its articulations and the environment in which it is felt shift.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The 1984 speech that so moved Baldwin remains one of the greatest articulations of American liberalism ever made.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of articulations
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“Abutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abutments. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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