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boundary

[baun-duh-ree, -dree] / ˈbaʊn də ri, -dri /


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The change occurs at a critical boundary where the behavior of plasma shifts from the collective movement of a flowing fluid to the dynamics of individual particles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Drexel’s program specifically offers financial help for staff who plan to buy or renovate homes within a defined boundary in the city of Philadelphia, including Mantua, a neighborhood near the university.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

“That boundary seems to have been erased over the years.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Led by scientists at the University of Iowa, the research provides the most detailed observations yet of Jupiter's bow shock, an invisible boundary where particles from the Sun encounter the planet's magnetic environment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The river had curved around to the boundary of this neighborhood.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

When then US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, Britain's Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met in Yalta in February 1945, they laid out the post-WWII settlement and new territorial boundaries in Europe.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Resnik, who teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, has set her own boundaries and won’t use AI for work she’s hired to produce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Banneker later published an authoritative annual almanac and helped conduct the land survey that laid out the boundaries of Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

To improve its chances of survival, the team has recommended expanding the boundaries of the nearby Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve to include the areas where the fish lives.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

How did such flimsy boundaries hold us here?

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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