frontier

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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.

Recent Examples on the Web Space is shaping up to be a new competitive frontier for cloud-service providers. — Dina Bass, Bloomberg.com, "Microsoft Pushes Azure Cloud Services Into New Frontier: Space," 20 Oct. 2020 To marketers, the inches of cotton stretched across our mouths and noses amount to a rare new frontier in the logo-littered landscape of T-shirts and ball caps. — Author: Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News, "Bacon- and chicken-scented masks are here and, really, you shouldn’t be surprised," 20 Oct. 2020 Access to such procedures is something of a last frontier for LGBT health care. — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, "With few specialists nationwide, Baltimore is becoming a destination for transgender surgeries," 15 Oct. 2020 Space is becoming a fertile frontier for businesses and governments alike. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "Russian and Chinese spacecrafts could collide in space junk super-spreader," 15 Oct. 2020 Frustrated by the dearth of information about how to aid dying, Berkeley’s Dr. Lonny Shavelson is gathering data to guide other physicians through this new, important and sorrowful clinical frontier. — Lisa M. Krieger, Star Tribune, "Doctors seek life-ending drugs that smooth the way for the terminally ill," 1 Oct. 2020 Music labels have watched TikTok's status grow into a new frontier for the industry, as the app continues to launch careers and propel singles to No. 1 entries on the Hot 100. — Billboard, "Mxmtoon Already Conquered the Internet — Now She's Aiming For Pop Stardom," 30 Sep. 2020 At the very least, this latest collection from Prada signals that a new frontier of computer visible conspicuous consumption has arrived. — Max Lockie, Quartz, "Prada’s new designer is tailoring clothes for Zoom," 25 Sep. 2020 The show, set after the fall of the Empire, but before the rise of the First Order, follows around a bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) seeking to eke out a living with his blasters and wits in a near-lawless frontier. — Saeed Ahmed, CNN, "'The Mandalorian' Season 2 is (almost) here," 2 Sep. 2020

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