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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borderlands
Noun
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The question of whether a developing country should keep or sell credits from projects in its borders creates a perverse incentive to lower their climate ambitions, Turner said.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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We were stuck in Egypt on a medical trip when Hamas took over Gaza and Israel shut down all the enclave’s borders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Australia’s hypersonic ambition Hypersonic flight, defined as speeds exceeding Mach 5, has become one of the most strategically important frontiers in aerospace and defense.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Each of the Internet’s 7 Phases overcomes the limits of the previous phase, while also opening new frontiers.—
Mallik Tatipamula,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Borderlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderlands. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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