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noun

ˈkȯr-nər How to pronounce corner (audio)
Definition of cornernext
1
as in dilemma
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape the writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show

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2
as in intersection
a place where roads meet we'll meet at the corner tomorrow

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3
as in milestone
a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs the president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on drugs

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corner

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verb

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as in to hog

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as in to front

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Recent Examples of corner
Noun
James made a nifty behind-the-back pass to Edgecombe (who missed a corner 3) and even squared up and buried a long 3 from about Caitlin Clark range. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 In another corner was a full raw bar complete with clam-and-lobster shaped ice sculptures. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
Athletic director Bryan Blair sees an opportunity to corner New York’s college sports market. — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Kamu tried to corner Jason, but Salina served it right back to him. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for corner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corner
  1. dilemma
  2. intersection
  3. milestone
  4. hog
  5. front
  6. pickle
  7. junction
  8. climax
Noun
  • The drug dilemma Don Moulds sounds exasperated when talking about prescription drugs, which have been political fuel for more than a decade.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But strains at the top of the organization over its brand and direction reflect many premium news outlets’ dilemmas about survival and profit in a post-traffic, AI-ascendant media age.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of dilemma
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  • What all three films have in common, aside from various intersections and overlaps in their stories, is their repositioning of tech billionaires as the new screen villains.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • County officials said the intersection meets the criteria for a traffic signal based on peak-hour traffic conditions.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of intersection
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  • Though the dinner gala is toasting a milestone anniversary of 50 years, the clinic itself celebrates 60 years of service in Los Angeles.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s series is co-produced with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in partnership with APTN and represented a key milestone for Netflix in Canada, being its first original.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of milestone
Verb
  • Yet somehow, the 469 square miles of New York City tend to hog all the limelight.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Sullivan has seen the change in attitude in the industry from a time in which there were questions about whether cinematic translations would hog all the interest that might otherwise go to keeping the ongoing stage productions going.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2026
Definition of hog
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  • And it’s all fronted by seven miles of glorious, white sand beaches.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The idea of Aurora fronting some of the maintenance costs had been floated by former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in a letter a couple months prior to that, documents provided by Batavia suggest.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of front
Noun
  • Her sister Judith can grow huge pumpkins, her twin brother Sammy can heal ailing plants, and her Auntie Dee makes pickles that can predict the future.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The burger will drip all over your fries, which are included and cut like pickle chips.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of pickle
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  • Gins, Oudard said, sit at the crucial junction where agricultural output becomes textile industry input.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The approach, published in Energy & Environmental Science, could offer a route to surpass the conventional theoretical efficiency limit for single-junction solar cells.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of junction
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  • Jo and Raissa play this conflict out on screen in a story that balances action and adventure with an emotional climax that left me in tears.
    — Parents, Parents, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The climax of the book is the fight over who would run the private company.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
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“Corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corner. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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