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as in touches (on)
to come very close to being
that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future
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2
as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
that state borders on three others
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borders (on)
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The new building Musk posted about is in nearby Southaven, Mississippi, and adjoins the Colossus 2 facility, the Information reported earlier Tuesday, citing property records and a person familiar with the project.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2025 -
Here, a marble island anchors the cooking space, which adjoins a more casual dining area and the family room.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
13 Dec. 2025
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This seems odd but ripening fruit releases small amounts of ethylene gas which can reduce the longevity of the arrangement.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Feb. 2026
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And in that choice, there is politics – even when the song seems to speak only of love, partying, or heartbreak.—
Rocio Munoz,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Cincinnati Public Schools high school, consistently ranked the best in the state, joins a wave of schools across the country protesting in the wake of the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Feb. 2026
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Brian Keith, founder of BryGuides, joins the latest episode of the In Your Corner podcast from CBS News Philadelphia to break down how credit card points can dramatically cut your travel costs.—
Joshua Sidorowicz,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Translated by Sara Khalili Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran resembles a half-lifeless body collapsed on the ground, yet still possessing powerful arms.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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In the footage shared by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the humanoid is seen smiling, nodding, making eye contact, and walking with a gait that closely resembles human movement.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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Everyone touches you all the time.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Luxe touches abound–like spacious outdoor showers, or mosquito netting over the beds that comes with an integrated cooling system for those humid Caribbean nights.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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The French brand spent two years scouting its Shanghai home, which currently neighbors a Louis Vuitton pop-up.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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Political candidates from around Indiana have been redoing paperwork for this spring’s primary ballot as confusion surrounds whether the secretary of state’s office properly processed those forms.—
Tom Davies,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Such is the kind of spotlight that surrounds human trafficking during Super Bowl week.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Borders (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borders%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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