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
Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Albania, a socialist country, is in the Balkans, bordering Greece, and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea facing Italy.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Bamingui-Bangoran National Park is in the northern Central African Republic, a landlocked country bordering Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Sudan and South Sudan.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
It has also been found in all seven of Kentucky's bordering states.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
Just south of the village is the bustling Palestinian town of Al-Eizariya, bordering East Jerusalem.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Some of the swampland bordering the streams was spongy, miry, or covered with shallow water; much was flat lowland, normally dry except in time of flood.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
On the sidewalk of Wilshire Boulevard bordering MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, barber Beraldo Gabaldon cuts the hair of the homeless for free to give them a fresh outlook.
—Jorge Garcia, Reuters, 21 Aug. 2025
Jenrette developed a simple $200 testing kit that citizen scientists, including volunteer boaters across 22 Mediterranean-bordering countries, can use to collect surface water samples.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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The European leader is currently on a tour of the European Union’s nations bordering Russia and Belarus.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Albania, a socialist country, is in the Balkans, bordering Greece, and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea facing Italy.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Bamingui-Bangoran National Park is in the northern Central African Republic, a landlocked country bordering Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Sudan and South Sudan.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
It has also been found in all seven of Kentucky's bordering states.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
Just south of the village is the bustling Palestinian town of Al-Eizariya, bordering East Jerusalem.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Some of the swampland bordering the streams was spongy, miry, or covered with shallow water; much was flat lowland, normally dry except in time of flood.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
On the sidewalk of Wilshire Boulevard bordering MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, barber Beraldo Gabaldon cuts the hair of the homeless for free to give them a fresh outlook.
—Jorge Garcia, Reuters, 21 Aug. 2025
Jenrette developed a simple $200 testing kit that citizen scientists, including volunteer boaters across 22 Mediterranean-bordering countries, can use to collect surface water samples.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordering
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Prosecutors say a fair trial would be impossible not only in this mountain community of fewer than 22,000 people, but also any other adjacent county because the suspect and victim were both well known.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Gary Housing Authority, which owns the schools, and the city of Gary are completing state and federal approvals for the demolition of Emerson and Horace Mann, and two adjacent vacant elementaries, Spaulding and Vohr.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Neither do the police, nor the Ring cameras affixed to the facades on several neighborhood homes, though at least the latter capture footage of kids bounding through their front doors, arms splayed like wings, into early morning’s opaque embrace.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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Whether the Supreme Court fires this blast or not, Republicans need to be aware that breaking up majority-minority districts, and dispersing those voters into neighboring districts to dilute their voting power, may well make those neighboring districts less safe for Republican incumbents.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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How the jackpots got so large The first multi-state lottery was started in 1985 by three small states – Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine – which joined together to better compete with neighboring Massachusetts.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, Florida's Miccosukee Tribe claimed the facility impacted its access to the surrounding area and posed risks to the tribe's food and water supply.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Parts of it would be carved up and grafted onto surrounding Democratic-leaning districts, and a significant portion would be added to a new Latino-majority seat in central Los Angeles County, basically leaving Calvert with a viable district from which to seek reelection.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Like The Shack, this riverfront restaurant is also known for its adjoining tiki bar.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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Kia retained clunky flat-panel HVAC/audio controls that require you to push a small icon of a fan or a triangle to switch an adjoining set of flat touch points from climate to audio functions and vice versa.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Bordering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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