Definition of borderland
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:a vague intermediate state or region
- the borderland between fantasy and reality
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Examples of borderland in a Sentence
in the borderland between sleeping and waking
He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.
Recent Examples of borderland from the Web
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As Trump acknowledged, Afghanistan is in many ways the front line in the fight against terrorism: 20 U.S. designated terrorist organizations operate in the borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the highest concentration globally.
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Merges opened the flagship Yusho location in the borderlands of Logan Square and Avondale as his first restaurant, after serving as Charlie Trotter’s executive chef for 14 years.
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He and the other Eritreans in his group emerged from the borderlands thicket to find a van waiting on the Ugandan side that carried them the remaining 10 hours to Kampala.
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Error loading player: No playable sources found The foothills of the Spin Ghar mountain range, two dozen miles south of Jalalabad in the borderland between Afghanistan and Pakistan, were once home to hundreds of olive plantations.
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Error loading player: No playable sources found The foothills of the Spin Ghar mountain range, two dozen miles south of Jalalabad in the borderland between Afghanistan and Pakistan, were once home to hundreds of olive plantations.
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Solar panels in remote U.S. borderland also don't make sense.
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Its four-year-old program is rooted in teachings from the Aztec and the Maya, as well as peoples from the U.S.-Mexico borderlands—before there actually was a border.
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In order to build parts of the wall, the government will have to continue eminent-domain battles with private land owners, particularly in the Texas borderlands.
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