intersections

noun

plural of intersection
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 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 The closure channeled extra traffic to and then backed up I-285 northbound on both sides of town from well before its two I-20 intersections. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Remind your children to keep phones in their pockets at crosswalks and intersections. — Michael Swartzon, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 Created by Rae and Larry Wilmore, and starring Rae, the show follows Issa Dee, a South Los Angeles woman navigating the messy intersections of friendship, romance, career ambition and identity alongside her best friend Molly Carter. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 Their work centers on humans who sit at the intersections of time, space, and culture. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026 Electrical impulses carry our messages across those routes, with synapses serving as intersections, and chemical signals helping control the flow of traffic. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The Public Works Department is currently seeking feedback on its preliminary list of 20 intersections to install red light cameras. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intersections
  1. junctions
  2. corners
  3. crossings
  4. crossroads
Noun
  • Concrete is important again here, dictating the lack of material variation throughout the museum, the uniform thickness of the gallery walls, and the minimal slots of light at the junctions of many walls and ceilings.
    — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The measurements showed that internal dendrites formed at defects such as pores and grain-boundary junctions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of junctions
Noun
  • Others brought up the administration’s decision to scrap beef tariffs unpopular with corners of the party.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Options call for either including or excluding monuments located at each of the park’s four corners.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of corners
Noun
  • The railroad corridor has about 18 train crossings per day, including eight during nighttime hours, according to the city.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Cattle crossings into Arizona were also limited to 700 head per day, increasing to 900 per day next week and 1,300 per day the following week.
    — Abraham Tellez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of crossings
Noun
  • Jeffries, who is poised to become the House speaker if his party wins power and would be the first Democrat to wield the gavel since Pelosi, faces a party at a crossroads.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Although geopolitical analysts love to talk about turning points, crossroads, and dilemmas, many governments have a prosaic tendency to defy these dramatic predictions and muddle through.
    — Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of crossroads

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“Intersections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersections. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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