borderline
Example Sentences
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For people with borderline or moderate risk, clinicians may use extra tests to guide decisions.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
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
Khanum Taheri’s chaperoning made our meetings, if not gossip-proof, then less gossip-worthy, even if her borderline fawning on me clearly embarrassed Soraya.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.