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as in intersection
usually crossroads plural
a place where roads meet
the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads
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as in crisis
usually crossroads plural
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
we've come to a crossroads, and we have to make a decision
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Recent Examples of crossroad
Jeff Shell, soon-to-be Paramount president, described him as someone uniquely positioned at the crossroads of innovation and artistry.
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Greg Suess, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
The two began managing Sanz in 2022 when the artist was at a crossroads.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 22 May 2025
Elie’s masterful survey is a group portrait of artists and their fellow travelers who participated during a bloody crossroads in American life, when Ronald Reagan’s ascension to the White House in 1980 collapsed the walls between church and state, sparking a counterrevolution across the arts.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Wallen is reaching the same crossroads his bro-country predecessors Florida Georgia Line faced a few albums in when, likely sick of complaints about dabbling in R&B, the duo made a folkier push.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 May 2025
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Greg Suess, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
The two began managing Sanz in 2022 when the artist was at a crossroads.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 22 May 2025
Elie’s masterful survey is a group portrait of artists and their fellow travelers who participated during a bloody crossroads in American life, when Ronald Reagan’s ascension to the White House in 1980 collapsed the walls between church and state, sparking a counterrevolution across the arts.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Wallen is reaching the same crossroads his bro-country predecessors Florida Georgia Line faced a few albums in when, likely sick of complaints about dabbling in R&B, the duo made a folkier push.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossroad
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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About 20 seconds later, the fleeing vehicle lost control at the intersection of East 21st Street and 12th Avenue and slammed into the fire hydrant, the footage showed.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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Let this list, which mostly eschews household names, be an antidote to that crisis, surveying 2025’s most notable releases thus far across pop, rock, electronic, rap, and Latin music.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
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Central banks typically limit rate moves to quarter-point changes outside of crises.—
Ryan Patrick Jones,
USA Today,
7 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
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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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“Crossroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossroad. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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