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n. - An event that occurs at a critical time; The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made; A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made.

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  • Both obstacles had now been removed and this was considered an appropriate juncture to revisit the issue.
  • At that juncture he had no idea what to do
  • If the juncture is as I have drawn it, it brings Gibeon, Nob, and Mizpah all down too close to Jerusalem on the
  • Dropping out of the discussion at this juncture is simply unacceptable.
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