Thesaurus results for BORDERING (ON)

bordering (on)

verb

present participle of border (on)

as in touching (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 adjoining

to be adjacent to that state borders on three others

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Verb

There’s even one resembling a glistening rainbow Nerds Gummy Cluster.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Kidman shared an Instagram post wearing a preppy, polished outfit accessorized with a small, structured top-handle bag resembling Chanel’s $4,850 Clutch with Chain.

— Mariana Best, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of resembling

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Cocktails are served at Drink Kong, the sexy, high-concept cocktail bar—its second location in the city—adjoining the property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Undeterred, the three friends bought the hotel and adjoining property for $3 million and have since spent over $10 million on renovations and redesign.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of adjoining

Verb

The Paris march proceeded peacefully, with students, workers and retirees joining.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
The company also used non-compete agreements restricting employees from joining rivals for two years, as part of their employment contracts, with senior employees holding valuable technical expertise likely facing closer scrutiny.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of joining

Verb

The pendants by Apparatus hang over custom nightstands flanking the bed.

— Rembert Browne, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026
Bönan is also overseeing the renovation of Kiton’s six-story townhouse and showroom on East 54th Street in New York, expected to be completed in 2027 to become a new flagship, flanking the existing unit on Madison Avenue.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of flanking

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The core plasma must stay searingly hot for atomic nuclei to fuse, but the surrounding chamber walls must stay cool enough to avoid structural failure.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Mike Katinsky, an ACLU volunteer election monitor, said the attention surrounding Fulton County's election operations may have contributed to efforts to maintain transparency.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of surrounding

Verb

Because Huang is the public face of Nvidia and directs its engineering strategy, any foreign intelligence contact touching his inner circle is certain to draw scrutiny from US defense officials.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
The answer was body contact, which helps reveal which couple is real, so the team settled on choreography with plenty of touching.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of touching

Verb

Democratic candidates scored major wins throughout the night, including in neighboring Missouri and solidly-Trump states like South Carolina.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
Bastia, which sits in the former chapel space of the building, celebrates the food of neighboring Mediterranean islands Sardinia and Corsica.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026

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