borderlands

plural of borderland
as in borders
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 borderlands When Hernán helps Julia and her young daughter, Maribel, navigate treacherous borderlands, their desperate journey triggers the wrath of a ruthless trafficking syndicate. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025 This is what the borderlands taste like, that casual blending of cultures and flavors. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Her books occupy the borderlands of realism and fable, where the plausible brushes up against the impossible, and the laws of narrative logic are bent just enough to let in the surreal. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • Beyond this, annual flowers such as petunias, marigolds, and zinnias can be used to add bursts of color throughout your beds and borders.
    William Jones, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • How the state’s Democrats decide between Mills and a younger, potentially feistier upstart is likely to reverberate far beyond Maine’s borders.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Designed to tackle one of the last frontiers of home robotics – efficient carpet care – the R2 uses advanced AI navigation to cover every corner of the home, promising to deliver a professional-grade clean with minimal human input.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s how that research, pioneered more than 40 years ago, has led to new frontiers in modern physics, as well as 2025’s Nobel Prize in physics.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Borderlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderlands. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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