as in adjacent
having a border in common
a country given to constant disagreements with bordering nations
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as in bounding
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 bordering
Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Now that parking is no longer free within the park and meters have been installed on bordering streets like Sixth Avenue, many of those businesses have had to find parking garages and other solutions to employee parking.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Set on 568 acres bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the resort has guestrooms, suites, and villas spread throughout the property.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
Black families left the harsh conditions of the Jim Crow South as well as the North and bordering states to grab at a hope that felt tactile.
—CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Burnaby is a city bordering the Canadian city of Vancouver.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Bet Shean and Afula are located in Israel’s northern Jezreel Valley, bordering the northern parts of the West Bank.
—Dana Karni, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The stadium has served as the home of the NFL team since 1973, located conveniently off of Interstate-435 and I-70 in the eastern part of the city’s 3rd district, bordering nearby cities Independence and Raytown.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
The east side district, bordering the Pointes, includes neighborhoods such as East English Village, Morningside and Jefferson Chalmers.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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The reversal of advances by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the eastern provinces of Hadramout and Mahra — bordering Saudi Arabia and Oman respectively — could help cool tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Now that parking is no longer free within the park and meters have been installed on bordering streets like Sixth Avenue, many of those businesses have had to find parking garages and other solutions to employee parking.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Set on 568 acres bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the resort has guestrooms, suites, and villas spread throughout the property.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
Black families left the harsh conditions of the Jim Crow South as well as the North and bordering states to grab at a hope that felt tactile.
—CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Burnaby is a city bordering the Canadian city of Vancouver.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Bet Shean and Afula are located in Israel’s northern Jezreel Valley, bordering the northern parts of the West Bank.
—Dana Karni, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The stadium has served as the home of the NFL team since 1973, located conveniently off of Interstate-435 and I-70 in the eastern part of the city’s 3rd district, bordering nearby cities Independence and Raytown.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
The east side district, bordering the Pointes, includes neighborhoods such as East English Village, Morningside and Jefferson Chalmers.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordering
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Bryden is working to spread Cureate locations around her current home base of Northwest Arkansas into adjacent states.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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In a street vacation, the city agrees to relinquish a public right of way or public service easement to an adjacent property owner or owners.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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There might be nothing more adorable than the sight of a fluffy puppy or kitten bounding around the corner to surprise its new owner.—
Terry Ward,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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In the clip, Charlie can be seen bounding, burrowing and lounging blissfully in the winter powder while bundled up in a blue jacket.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The spectacle of Maduro being transported to a New York courthouse may draw inconvenient attention to Putin’s failure to successfully impose regime change on neighboring Ukraine.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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In neighboring Serbia, some western municipalities introduced emergency measures due to bad weather.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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But, amid all the energy surrounding the team’s future, the looming lawsuit against Missouri’s stadium-funding plan has drawn little public attention over the past several weeks.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even more striking, the gas moved in a very orderly and coherent way, with far less random motion than the surrounding stars.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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In cities like New York and Miami, there’s demand for adjoining apartments that can be combined to create multigenerational spaces.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Just a regular day, said owner Randy Clement, who also co-owns the adjoining West Altadena Wine with his wife April.—
David Wilson,
Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Bordering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordering. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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