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junctures

NOUN

link, connection

Synonyms

WEAK

alliance annexation articulation assemblage attachment bond coalition coherence collocation combination combine concatenation concourse concursion confluence conjugation consolidation convergence coupling crossing crossroads dovetail elbow gathering gore hinge hookup interface intersection joining joint knee linking meeting miter mortise node pivot plug-in reunion seam splice terminal tie-in tie-up union weld

NOUN

turning point

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crossroad

STRONG

choice circumstance condition contingency crisis crux emergency exigency instant moment occasion pass pinch plight point position posture predicament quandary state status strait time

WEAK

meeting point zero hour

Antonyms

STRONG

advantage blessing calm certainty good fortune peace solution

Example Sentences

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Give him the benefit of hindsight and look at the previous junctures at which he was condemned for not bringing the war to a conclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Certain members of the squad have found Postecoglou increasingly distant at junctures this season.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

They plan for him to succeed or fail at certain junctures but don’t fully take into account what he’s wired to question along the way.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

It’s at these very junctures that the archetypes of the unconscious can do their greatest mischief, shifting what at one moment is experienced as a benevolent parent into a duplicitous one.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2024

But some, those occurring at critical junctures or branch points, may change the pattern of history.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan