Thesaurus results for CROSSINGS

crossings

noun

plural of crossing

as in voyages

a journey over water in a vessel an uneventful crossing from the United States to Britain

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in intersections

a place where roads meet turn left at the next crossing and then stay on that road for two miles

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of crossings 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 The decline in migration has not ended dangerous crossings from Tunisia’s southern coast, where families in the south, particularly in Zarzis, have for years searched for relatives who disappeared at sea. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Federal officials said no wall was planned through the rugged region, which sees few border crossings, but access roads were needed. — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 One of those is what Frontex, the European Union’s border agency, defines as the Western Mediterranean route, which includes crossings from Algeria and Morocco into southern Spain, including the region around Almería. — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 The agency reported migrant crossings there plummeted 74% from 2023 to 2025. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Data from commodity analytics firm Kpler showed crossings at a five-day average of just 10 vessels, the lowest level since May. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 But reports suggest initial enrollment takes longer, and has been slowed down by malfunctioning equipment, technical bugs, insufficient personnel, and inconsistent implementation across crossings. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossings

Noun

During five of these voyages, the ship will sail to Bermuda, and three itineraries visit Canada and New England to see fall colors.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
The service remains limited in scale, with just over eight voyages planned this season, but China analyst Gordon Chang told Fox News Digital that its significance goes beyond the number of containers currently making the journey.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of voyages

Noun

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

Definition of intersections

Noun

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