the border
noun
: a specific border (as between countries)
They've lived in southern Texas for years, but have never been south of the border.
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Ministry spokesperson Karolina Gałecka said that a residential building in the village of Wyryki, in eastern Poland, near the border with both Ukraine and Belarus was hit.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Although Neptune-like worlds and larger can maintain large, volatile-rich gas envelopes even close in to their parent star, the border between super-Earth worlds and mini-Neptune worlds appears to be consistent with being shaped by these two factors.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
India would insist on settling all segments of the border simultaneously.
—Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
There’s a lot of bi-national artists from the border.
—David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Although Neptune-like worlds and larger can maintain large, volatile-rich gas envelopes even close in to their parent star, the border between super-Earth worlds and mini-Neptune worlds appears to be consistent with being shaped by these two factors.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
India would insist on settling all segments of the border simultaneously.
—Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
There’s a lot of bi-national artists from the border.
—David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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