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
Armed resistance to the junta is broadly defined by two types of group: Those that emerged in response to the coup, and ethnic armed organizations that were already fighting for autonomy in Myanmar’s borderlands.
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Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang, The Dial, 17 Apr. 2025
Situated in the borderlands of high-performance, Mercedes-AMG E 53 is an exceptional everyday executive sedan with plenty of knockout punch.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
The cosmic shoreline is probably less of a tidy fence and more of a wild borderland, said Joshua Krissansen-Totton (opens a new tab), a planetary scientist at the University of Washington.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
The festival’s documentary award went to The Landscape and the Fury by Nicole Vögele, a doc about the Bosnia-Croatia borderlands.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2025
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Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang, The Dial, 17 Apr. 2025
Situated in the borderlands of high-performance, Mercedes-AMG E 53 is an exceptional everyday executive sedan with plenty of knockout punch.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
The cosmic shoreline is probably less of a tidy fence and more of a wild borderland, said Joshua Krissansen-Totton (opens a new tab), a planetary scientist at the University of Washington.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
The festival’s documentary award went to The Landscape and the Fury by Nicole Vögele, a doc about the Bosnia-Croatia borderlands.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borderland
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The current threat represents the parasite's northward march through Central America over two years, reaching Mexico in November 2024 and spreading to within 700 miles of the U.S. border.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Around the world, countries are confronting the issue of tech companies earning massive profits from users within their borders, without establishing a legal or taxable presence.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderland. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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