four-corners

¹ American  

[fawr-kawr-nerz, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈkɔr nərz, ˈfoʊr- /

Or four corners

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a place where roads cross at right angles; a crossroads.

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Four Corners ² American  

noun

1. a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.

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Example Sentences

To combat that threat, Washington needs to engage African governments early and often, employing a four-corners strategy—a focus on Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa—to ensure that our economic and security interests in the continent’s rising prosperity point toward freedom rather than autocracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a strategy that’s similar to the four-corners offense in basketball before the shot clock or a football team taking a knee at the end to prevent their opponent from getting the ball back.

From Seattle Times

She’s happy there, yet said she feels nostalgic for the small farm in Burt, a four-corners near Saginaw, where she grew up.

From Washington Times

That Four-Corners area is in severe drought, and it is surrounded by areas of moderate drought that cover much of Utah and Colorado, as well as northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

As Donna F. Edwards suggested in her July 12 op-ed, “A four-corners plan for the Mueller hearing,” systematic questioning by staff counsel can bring focus, and there is precedent for such a procedure.

From Washington Post