Thesaurus results for BORDER ON

border (on)

verb

Definition of border (on)

as in to touch (on)

to come very close to being that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future

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as in to join

to be adjacent to that state borders on three others

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Verb

The courtroom drama seemed to be nearing an end after Harry and other plaintiffs lost their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail last month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
No one seems bothered that nearly everyone has an Aussie accent, despite this film ostensibly unfolding 100 miles away from Los Angeles (the film was shot in Queensland).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of seem

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Reaves has a fully dedicated golf social media Instagram account, and right after retirement from the NBA, Smith joined the golf team at North Carolina A&T as a freshman walk-on.

— Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Clubs on the continent have also enquired about signing Fullkrug, 33, on loan but West Ham intend to sell the Germany international, who joined for £27million from Borussia Dortmund in August 2024.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of join

Verb

The wrist braces resemble the kind sold at a drugstore to help with tendon pain, the only difference being each comes equipped with a 7-pound weight at the end.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Goodman says very early Alzheimer’s disease can sometimes resemble ordinary forgetfulness.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of resemble

Verb

Undeterred, the three friends bought the hotel and adjoining property for $3 million and have since spent over $10 million on renovations and redesign.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The film could use a few more such colorful secondary strands adjoining the main conflict, though one subplot involving a maybe-romance between two jaded journalists assigned to the summit is oddly framed and abruptly dropped.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of adjoin

Verb

The ministry said its radars detected the drone entering the country from neighboring Moldova.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Campus and county police, joined by federal agents and sheriff’s deputies from neighboring counties, maintained a heavy presence as investigators searched for suspects and urged residents to avoid the area.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of neighbor

Verb

Onstage at the event, Bratt touched on the new movie’s storyline.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The recall announcement directed consumers to wash and sanitize any containers that may have come into contact with the affected product, and wash and sanitize hands and utensils that may have touched the product.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of touch

Verb

Planets begin by building cores of rock and metal, which can then pull in hydrogen and helium from the disk of gas and dust surrounding a young star.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Take things up a notch and reserve in advance for Dinner on the Sandbar, a private five-course dinner in the shallows surrounding Little Palm Island.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

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