Thesaurus / borderline
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But, according to Wolfe, the manager said her posts in general were “borderline” and that other Times staffers had done “worse.”
‘IT’S A SHOT AT MY REPUTATION’: LAUREN WOLFE REACTS TO NYT’S STATEMENT ABOUT HER DISMISSALERIK WEMPLEJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe idea that he could play until age 45 has gone from borderline crazy to probable.
NFL QBS’ SECOND ACTS HAVE OFTEN FAILED. AS USUAL, TOM BRADY IS READY TO DEFY THE ODDS.ERIC ADELSONJANUARY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe strain on capacity could lead to worse outcomes particularly for people whose conditions are borderline—not so critical that they must be admitted immediately, but not so mild that they wouldn’t benefit from hospital care.
NEARLY TWICE AS MANY AMERICANS ARE HOSPITALIZED RIGHT NOW WITH COVID-19 THAN IN SPRINGRACHEL KINGDECEMBER 22, 2020FORTUNEWhat I saw makes me believe that it would be borderline impossible to rig a small local election, let alone a statewide vote.
A PENNSYLVANIA POLL WORKER EXPLAINS THE PAINSTAKING PROCESS OF COUNTING VOTESKYLE BRASHEARNOVEMBER 12, 2020VOXThey let you automatically tweak pictures of a human face in some impressive—and sometimes borderline disturbing—ways.
PHOTOSHOP’S NEURAL FILTERS CAN ALTER PEOPLE’S EXPRESSIONS IN CONVINCING—AND NIGHTMARISH—WAYSSTAN HORACZEKOCTOBER 22, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEStarting last year, the service began to treat QAnon videos as “borderline content,” meaning the clips are recommended and shown in search results less often.
YOUTUBE FOLLOWS FACEBOOK IN BANNING QANON, BUT WITH CAVEATSVERNE KOPYTOFFOCTOBER 15, 2020FORTUNEThis valley extends for approximately three hundred and fifty miles to the borderline of Tennessee.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYThis action provided Virginians with knowledge of the type of terrain and its potentiality along this important borderline.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYIf there were a borderline along which Lassans were meeting humans in any kind of conflict it was most likely to lie southward.
THE ONSLAUGHT FROM RIGELFLETCHER PRATTFree land was receding at railroad speed, the borderline could be overtaken only by steam, and every man was in haste to arrive.
A SON OF THE MIDDLE BORDERHAMLIN GARLANDWORDS RELATED TO BORDERLINE
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- amphibological
- borderline
- clear as mud
- clouded
- disreputable
- dubious
- evasive
- fishy
- fuzzy
- hazy
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- misleading
- muddled
- muzzy
- oblique
- obscure
- open
- problematic
- puzzling
- questionable
- suspect
- suspicious
- tenebrous
- unclear
- undecided
- unexplicit
- unintelligible
- vague
- with mixed feelings
- arguable
- between rock and hard place
- between sixes and sevens
- betwixt and between
- bone of contention
- borderline
- chancy
- contestable
- contested
- disputable
- doubtful
- dubious
- exceptionable
- iffy
- in dispute
- moot
- open to question
- problematic
- problematical
- questionable
- the jury's out
- touch and go
- uncertain
- undecided
- unsettled
- up for discussion
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