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borderline

[bawr-der-lahyn] / ˈbɔr dərˌlaɪn /


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"Member states have increased their defence expenditure for a borderline country like Finland. That's a good thing," Stubb said.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

"For patients at borderline risk, knowing their calcium score can help determine whether their risk is actually lower or higher than initially estimated, which can help guide treatment decisions," Shah explained.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

The Aston Martin car seems to be a midfield-level chassis now, somewhere around the borderline of getting into the final part of qualifying, depending on circuit layout, if it had a competitive engine.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.

From Salon Sep. 4, 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

They move freely, obscuring borderlines between categories that once loomed like separate land masses: jazz and chamber music; acoustic and electric ensembles; songs and improvised forms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Global warming also has had its way with borderlines.

From Washington Post May 7, 2020

Nevertheless, in the last few years, the borderlines of acceptable looking have become blurred.

From The Guardian Feb. 27, 2019

When one actually thinks of the behemoth task that was accomplished back then in the planning, designing and implementing of the New York subway, it almost borderlines on magical.

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2018

Such a distribution was artificial but, once made, necessarily influenced the borderlines to the north and south.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern




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