junctions

noun

plural of junction
1
as in intersections
a place where two or more things are united situated at the junction of several major railways, the city has long been a transportation hub

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2
as in mergers
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one the junction of the coalition's two military forces has not been without problems

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3
as in corners
a place where roads meet the town finally installed a traffic light at that busy junction

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Recent Examples of junctions The cells are connected by proteins called tight junctions, which act like tiny gatekeepers. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 29 July 2026 Beyond Akkermansia muciniphila, Pendulum's products feature Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium beijerinckii, both butyrate-producing strains that fuel colon cells, support tight junctions in the gut lining, and stimulate GLP-1 production. — Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 The new device incorporates strontium and titanium to create internal p-n junctions that act as smooth electronic gates. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026 The citric acid reacted with the cellulose to form cross-links, which are chemical junctions that bind the cellulose molecules. — J. Carson Meredith, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026 Instead, Mont Sutton fans out with more than 200 trail junctions, turning each run into a choose-your-own-adventure kind of experience. — Claire Sibonney, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026 Early last month, farmers escalated their protests with a 48-hour blockade of major highways, toll stations and junctions over high production costs and the European Union’s trade deal with South American nations. — ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026 Astrocytes, which outnumber neurons in many brain regions, have complex and varied shapes, and sometimes tendrils, that can envelop hundreds of thousands or millions of synapses, the junctions where neurons exchange molecular signals. — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026 Amid the deluge Monday, officials also closed some roads that run between Sonoma and Napa, including Highway 121 at junctions with Eighth Street East and with Highway 116. — Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junctions
  1. intersections
  2. mergers
  3. corners
  4. consolidations
  5. unifications
Noun
  • Pattern of collisions on high-speed road The block of Sheldon Road where Kaur turned in front of Lopez appears safer than the intersections that bookend it, where clusters of crashes have occurred.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Watch for children near crosswalks, intersections, and buses.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of intersections
Noun
  • Increasing market consolidation, through mergers and acquisitions, among infrastructure providers will drive lasting change in emerging markets.
    — Zaki Farooq, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And with never-ending layoffs, dystopian mergers, and Hollywood as a production desert, ’26 didn’t lend itself to snappy one-liners.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of mergers
Noun
  • With runners on the corners and two outs, Braden Montgomery hit a high chopper back to the mound.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Overshadowed by the blockbuster acquisition of Myles Garrett, the Rams went and got one of the best corners alive in Trent McDuffie.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of corners
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  • Alum Rock Union enrolls less than half of the students of its peak years in the early 2000s, and a $20-million budget shortfall in the 2024-25 school year resulted in multiple school closures and consolidations.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And after Hurricane Michael struck the Panhandle in 2018, polling place relocations and consolidations measurably reduced voter turnout.
    — Jonathan Webber, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of consolidations
Noun
  • Before that, were there additional unifications that occurred?
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of unifications

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