borderline
Example Sentences
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“The calcium score has value in borderline or intermediate-risk zones,” says Blaha.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It’s a communication style or, more accurately, a manipulation tactic used by people who have a borderline personality disorder.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Moments later, another borderline shot earned TKV the point deduction.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
“It’s all a game, Goob. Think of it as fun and games. Let them have their fun. Brother Eugene must have been on the borderline, anyway . . “It’s more than fun and games, Jerry.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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