borderline

Example Sentences

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The same goes for a catcher on a borderline ball call.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"I've had to make decisions about my health, where you are on the borderline between right or wrong," Nadal said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

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

“If consumers were compelled to live within their means, real consumer spending right now would be in a borderline recessionary state,” writes veteran economist David Rosenberg, head of Rosenberg Research.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

At dinners, we are borderline delirious in our love for each other.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins