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
Vasquez, a Mexican-American filmmaker, trains her work on youth, art, culture typically in rural and borderland environments.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
With Israel’s borderlands in ruins and hundreds of its citizens taken hostage, the country’s voters could no longer countenance their leader’s quietism, which now looked like a historic blunder.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Today, there's a tale of two borderlands in the Himalayas.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
The buoy barrier is being installed upriver of the Veterans International Bridge in a rural stretch of borderland marked by farms and ranches.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
With Israel’s borderlands in ruins and hundreds of its citizens taken hostage, the country’s voters could no longer countenance their leader’s quietism, which now looked like a historic blunder.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Today, there's a tale of two borderlands in the Himalayas.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
The buoy barrier is being installed upriver of the Veterans International Bridge in a rural stretch of borderland marked by farms and ranches.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borderland
border
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Areas near the river from just east of O’Hare International Airport north to the Wisconsin border were under a flood warning due to the river’s rising levels, according to the National Weather Service.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The pope is also set to celebrate a Mass for the people of Bamenda, near the western border with Nigeria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderland. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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