as in intersection
a place where roads meet
our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour
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Recent Examples of carrefour
But in carrefours all over the world, migrants talk to each other in this way, trading hope, disappointment, tenacity, pain.
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Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
Youssouf, who’s been in Spain for 14 years, calls Lepe a carrefour, a crossroads.
—Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
Youssouf, who’s been in Spain for 14 years, calls Lepe a carrefour, a crossroads.
—Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrefour
Noun
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The most promising opportunities often lie at the intersection of significant pain and institutional blindness—where inefficiency has been accepted as inevitable.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Video of the incident in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood posted online shows a white sedan turning right from an intersection when a silver truck pulls ahead of and blocks it and a silver SUV hits the passenger side.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Tyrrell Hatton was mid-interview as the putt rolled in, seeing a television screen out of the corner of his eye.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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The incident occurred about midway through the race when Foster lost control of his vehicle in the corner and collided with the wall.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Coufal took pictures in front of the ‘Long live the Boleyn’ and Billy Bonds and Sir Trevor Brooking murals, located near the junction of Priory Road and Barking Road.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Maureen Sideris, a patient who was diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction cancer in 2022 and participated in the study, said that the treatment had worked successfully for her, according to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center release.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Carrefour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrefour. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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