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
The steps of the Met tonight resemble a mossy stone staircase bordered by lush hedge walls.
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Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
Other students hid in locked classrooms, ran outside or holed up in homes in the neighborhoods that bordered the school.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Maps show the address where he was found is bordered by woods on two sides, and farm land at the back.
—Mark Price
april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The area extends south from Delta County and is bordered by Lake Michigan to the east and Big Bay de Noc to the west.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the east and Big Bay de Noc to the west.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
As a coastal peninsula, Wilmington is bordered by the Cape Fear River and separated from the ocean by barrier islands, tidal marshes, and sounds.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
The home of Karen Quijada, a survivor from the Las Aranejas area of Concepción, was built two decades ago at the edge of the city and was bordered by thick forest.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
It is bordered by the Thames River and Long Island Sound to the west, east, and south.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
Other students hid in locked classrooms, ran outside or holed up in homes in the neighborhoods that bordered the school.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Maps show the address where he was found is bordered by woods on two sides, and farm land at the back.
—Mark Price
april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The area extends south from Delta County and is bordered by Lake Michigan to the east and Big Bay de Noc to the west.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the east and Big Bay de Noc to the west.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
As a coastal peninsula, Wilmington is bordered by the Cape Fear River and separated from the ocean by barrier islands, tidal marshes, and sounds.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
The home of Karen Quijada, a survivor from the Las Aranejas area of Concepción, was built two decades ago at the edge of the city and was bordered by thick forest.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
It is bordered by the Thames River and Long Island Sound to the west, east, and south.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordered
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The commission's website says the Sargasso Sea is a 2 million square mile open ocean ecosystem, bounded by the circulating currents of the North Atlantic Gyre, one of five sea gyres which are geographic rotating currents.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Its southern limit is largely bounded by Golden Triangle Boulevard east of Interstate 35W and Big Fossil Creek west of the interstate.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 May 2026
Verb
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They’ll be surrounded by a fascinating array of co-nominees.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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His night ended with him appropriately surrounded in the locker room by teammates who were bleating like goats.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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“Bordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordered. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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