borderline

Example Sentences

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“My daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 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

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

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The idea is to make myself look like someone who’s spent the night in a regular home with kitchen and washer and dryer, not like someone who’s borderline homeless.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich