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
  • 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
  • Congress recognized that broadcast mergers raise complex legal, economic, and technical questions that require specialized expertise.
    — Robin Rossenfeld, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Both galaxy pairs featured above, Arp 143 and II Zw 096, highlight mergers and collisions between galaxies.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of mergers
Noun
  • Small preferences often become habits, and familiar corners of the grounds can gain sentimental value.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The features being challenged in Oakland aren’t obscure corners of Instagram.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of corners
Noun
  • Both the current Superintendent Jose Dotres and the board’s pick to replace him, Rafael Villalobos, have signaled that a higher number of closures and consolidations are coming.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The reports have raised concerns among parents regarding potential school closures or consolidations.
    — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 24 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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“Junctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junctions. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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