frontier

noun

fron·tier | \ˌfrən-ˈtir,

ˈfrən-ˌtir, frän-ˈtir, ˈfrän-ˌtir

Definition of frontier

1a : a border between two countries the frontier between Canada and the U.S.

b obsolete : a stronghold on a frontier

2a : a region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory were sent on an expedition to explore the western frontier

b : the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement in a particular subject frontiers in immunology

c : a line of division between different or opposed things the frontiers separating science and the humanities— R. W. Clark

d : a new field for exploitative or developmental activity … the brain lies before us as one of the last scientific frontiers here on earth.— Robert Klitzman

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the frontier between Canada and the U.S. They were sent on an expedition to explore the western frontier.

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After a decade of RuPaul's Drag Race, the Glamazon has another media frontier to conquer: the daytime talk show. — Henry Youtt, Billboard, "RuPaul Aims for Daytime With New Talk Show Pilot," 10 July 2018 The series will tell the brutal true story of Christopher Columbus and the first Wild West frontier, the tropical Caribbean island that now encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti. — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, "Dana Brunetti Launches New Film and TV Company Cavalry Media (Exclusive)," 26 June 2018 He is appalled at the very idea of frontier living. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "Frontier Justice In 'Flyin' West' At Westport Playhouse," 5 June 2018 The Huntingdon Factory Huntington, Indiana, looks paused in the moment that New England met the frontier. — Tom Chiarella And James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, "The Last Shift: What Really Happened To Those Carrier Jobs Trump Saved," 15 May 2018 Unions have also turned to new, sometimes unexpected frontiers to gain members. — Washington Post, "Despite setbacks and high court’s ruling, unions show spark," 28 June 2018 Surely the Gateway to the West could do better, both at telling a more complex story of expansion into the frontier, and at explaining why the gateway was here in St. Louis. — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, "Gateway to what?," 28 June 2018 The large-scale event brand has wowed audiences since 2005, and it's since expanded into international frontiers. — Kat Bein, Billboard, "Tomorrowland Will UNITE Mini-Festivals Around the World With Live Stream," 6 June 2018 The China-America corporate rivalry on an obscure frontier of physics illustrates a growing contest between nations and companies hoping to create a new form of improbably powerful computer. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "Google, Alibaba Spar Over Timeline for 'Quantum Supremacy'," 19 May 2018

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