borderline

Example Sentences

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It sounds borderline insane to consider that the only available team in America’s second-largest market might not be worth as much as the team that just sold in America’s 30th-largest market.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Savouri believes the focus of capital markets on this one data point is borderline obsessive and has bred an industry of forecasters.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

For people with borderline or moderate risk, clinicians may use extra tests to guide decisions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

“Even 200 wins is borderline undoable unless they have a lot of good fortune.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

They grew quickly and could be harvested within a few months of sowing, a big advantage for incipient farmers still on the borderline between nomadic hunters and settled villagers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond