borderline

Example Sentences

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She bristles when she realizes some dentists are using AI images to upsell patients—deploying color-coded overlays to dramatize borderline findings and justify questionable treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A definite spot-kick in Europe, borderline for the Premier League.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

A former teammate described him as "borderline genius" and "super stable."

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

The chicken warms gently in the pan, soaking it up, and suddenly you have a dinner that feels borderline dinner-party-adjacent.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood