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juncture
[juhngk-cher]
noun
a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances.
At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
a serious state of affairs; crisis.
The matter has reached a juncture and a decision must be made.
the line or point at which two bodies are joined; joint or articulation; seam.
the act of joining.
the state of being joined.
something by which two things are joined.
Phonetics.
a pause or other phonological feature or modification of a feature, as the lengthening of a preceding phoneme or the strengthening of a following one, marking a transition or break between sounds, especially marking the phonological boundary of a word, clause, or sentence: it is present in such words as night-rate and re-seed and absent in such words as nitrate and recede.
the point in a word or group of words at which such a pause or other junctural marker occurs.
juncture
/ ˈʌŋʃə /
noun
a point in time, esp a critical one (often in the phrase at this juncture )
linguistics
a pause in speech or a feature of pronunciation that introduces, accompanies, or replaces a pause
the set of phonological features signalling a division between words, such as those that distinguish a name from an aim
a less common word for junction
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At this juncture, few are sounding that alarm.
Certain members of the squad have found Postecoglou increasingly distant at junctures this season.
She said British politics was at "a critical juncture" with voters looking for "real alternatives".
"We have sought to update the residents at each key juncture of our remedial plans," it said.
“At this juncture, it is unclear how many individuals have received similar notices and what the correct next steps are,” the alert states.
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