bordering on
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Inventory management, cash flow and marketing are essential subjects in any business narrative, but readers looking for that story will be disappointed with observations bordering on the remedial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In an era dominated by low-cost index funds and exchange-traded funds, Danoff managed to stand out by consistently beating the market—a feat modern academic research suggests is exceedingly rare, bordering on the impossible.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
Reaching the fourth round is rarer still, and the quarter-finals would be bordering on a fairytale.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
These recent readings represent not just extreme optimism but are bordering on irrational exuberance.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
He suffered, in the words of one of his few biographers, from shyness to a "degree bordering on disease."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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