Thesaurus results for BORDERED (ON)

bordered (on)

verb

past tense of border (on)

as in touched (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 joined

to be adjacent to that state borders on three others

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On Wednesday, the evening before they were set to dock, the mood seemed far more jovial aboard the ship; sailors were chatting and laughing, some were running a 5K around a deck now free of aircraft.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
The path to closing the merger was often a rocky one and at times seemed likely to derail.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of seemed

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Holloway, who joined Dunhill in 2023, is no stranger to Italy.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Propagating the Chair To understand the geometric intuition behind the Chair44 shape, Tsiokos says, imagine a large cube composed of eight tiny cubes that are joined together.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of joined

Verb

The retired Coast Guard captain Lawson Brigham, who resembled a seafaring Lee Iacocca, approached the globe.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
In preparation for the Viking mission to Mars in 1975-76, several microbiologists conducted research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, convinced that this region of Antarctica closely resembled Mars.

— Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of resembled

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Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

Definition of adjoined

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In some areas, the river is flanked on both sides by steep limestone cliffs, and up and down the region, people have to trek through inhospitable desert terrain to get to the nearest paved road or pass through Border Patrol checkpoints.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
The wall is flanked by works by Lynda Benglis, Eva Hesse and Tom Wesselmann, presumably produced in their Bowery lofts.

— J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of flanked

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At this season of my life, to be so warmly received by audiences and surrounded by so much love is a gift beyond words.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
Things got uglier when Greenlaw was surrounded by Seahawks players, Jones stepped up to him despite not wearing his helmet, and then Greenlaw headbutted Jones.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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