as in border
a region along the dividing line between two countries
I grew up on the borderland, so I speak both languages
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Recent Examples of borderland
Since 1984, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state that has cost over 40,000 lives and transformed borderlands into militarized zones.
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Tanya Goudsouzian, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
In the borderlands, switching between languages is normal.
—Rachel Ashcroft
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
The borderlands are plagued by nefarious activity, including drug trafficking, cartel violence and human smuggling.
—Quico Canseco, Boston Herald, 3 July 2025
Minervini won the directing prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the movie, which follows a company of volunteer U.S. soldiers in the Civil War as they are sent to patrol a remote borderland.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
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Tanya Goudsouzian, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
In the borderlands, switching between languages is normal.
—Rachel Ashcroft
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
The borderlands are plagued by nefarious activity, including drug trafficking, cartel violence and human smuggling.
—Quico Canseco, Boston Herald, 3 July 2025
Minervini won the directing prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the movie, which follows a company of volunteer U.S. soldiers in the Civil War as they are sent to patrol a remote borderland.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borderland
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The Permian Basin — the country’s largest oil field, which straddles the Texas-New Mexico border — was estimated by a 2024 study to emit the second-most methane of any oil field in the world.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Poland, whose defense spending is the highest in Europe in terms of gross domestic product, has its own long border with Russian to contend with.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderland. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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