as in bounded
to serve as a border for
that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off
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Recent Examples of bordered
Also in Suffield, William Wilson is proposing a 24-lot subdivision called Copper Hill Estates on a 34-acre property bordered by Copperhill, Griffin and Lake roads.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
The landlocked Caspian Sea is bordered by several other countries, including Russia.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
That accounts for the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway bordered by Iran that carries as much as 20 million barrels a day in normal times, as well as the oil industry’s attempts to route around the problem and production increases elsewhere.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
At roughly 17 acres, the park is bordered by Sanford and San Juan avenues, and East First and East Seminole boulevards.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
As oversized all-inclusive resorts began to rise from the sands of Cancun and Playa del Carmen up and down the Riviera Maya, the tiny town of Tulum was still almost unheard of, its bare beaches bordered by dense jungle that hid untouched ruins and cenotes brimming with still, turquoise waters.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers carrying oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran from traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran.
—Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers from traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
—Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Tankers traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Iran.
—CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
The landlocked Caspian Sea is bordered by several other countries, including Russia.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
That accounts for the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway bordered by Iran that carries as much as 20 million barrels a day in normal times, as well as the oil industry’s attempts to route around the problem and production increases elsewhere.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
At roughly 17 acres, the park is bordered by Sanford and San Juan avenues, and East First and East Seminole boulevards.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
As oversized all-inclusive resorts began to rise from the sands of Cancun and Playa del Carmen up and down the Riviera Maya, the tiny town of Tulum was still almost unheard of, its bare beaches bordered by dense jungle that hid untouched ruins and cenotes brimming with still, turquoise waters.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers carrying oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran from traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran.
—Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers from traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
—Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Tankers traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Iran.
—CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordered
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Pedicabs may not stage or operate in the area bounded by Grace Street, Newport Avenue, Halsted Street, and Racine Avenue.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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But also look at where Pelle Larsson was on that final play, raising his hands as if in victory when Durant’s shot bounded off the rim, instead of remaining in chase mode.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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More than a dozen police and emergency vehicles surrounded a U-Haul truck cordoned off with caution tape outside the stadium.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Bordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordered. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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