borderline
Example Sentences
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A former engineer at Meta, who we are calling Tim, said that, as the company sought to compete with TikTok, more borderline harmful content was allowed on the site.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 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
“Even 200 wins is borderline undoable unless they have a lot of good fortune.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
I culled symptoms of mono, plantar warts, shingles, borderline personality disorder and a bladder infection, as well as listing a bunch of side effects from some TV ads for drugs.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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