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Turning point

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  1. 1
    A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.

    "Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road / Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go"

  2. 2
    the intersection of two streets wordnet
  3. 3
    A maximum or minimum on a graph.
  4. 4
    an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend wordnet
  5. 5
    A crossroads.
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  1. 6
    A T-junction.
  2. 7
    A place at which one changes their direction of travel.

    "Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad ^([sic]) the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System."

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