junctures
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The data continue to show that medical-school students and graduates consistently excel at these critical junctures: Six-year graduation rates average 96.1%, and M.D. students and graduates steadily achieve high first-time pass rates on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
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
And, most important, a full-blown, regional Middle East war — widely feared at several junctures over the last year — has been averted, at least for the moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
But some, those occurring at critical junctures or branch points, may change the pattern of history.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
