as in edge
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
the lace edging on the sleeves gives a blouse a pleasingly feminine look
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as in sharpening
to make sharp or sharper
if you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows
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as in bordering
to serve as a border for
pavement edging the flower bed
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Recent Examples of edging
Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
The Queen Consort chose a Robinson Valentine white silk chiffon gown with scalloped edging and a matching white overcoat.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
Now, Food Lion is edging up to Harris Teeter by sales revenue.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Her Iamraw collection, intended to channel fragility, features subtle design details like double sleeves and raw edging in fabrics like Tencel, viscose and cotton.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
The Queen Consort chose a Robinson Valentine white silk chiffon gown with scalloped edging and a matching white overcoat.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
Stone is one of the best materials to use for edging your flower bed.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
Now, Food Lion is edging up to Harris Teeter by sales revenue.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edging
Noun
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The company, Zhan expects, will be more efficient than other cutting-edge labs due to his experience building Gemini, which is Google’s artificial intelligence model.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In men’s sports, fandom comes with much more of an edge.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Mantello has chosen to have different actors play the young Biff (Joaquin Consuelos) and the young Happy (Jake Termine), sharpening the contrast between their potential and their fates.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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That debate is sharpening this week as Cheng Li-wun, the firebrand chair of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, or KMT, heads to China on a six-day trip that could include a landmark meeting with leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In northeastern Assam, the BJP is seeking to retain power by emphasizing a hard line on immigration, a long-standing and contentious issue in the state bordering Bangladesh.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The bill, which requires agreement from other countries bordering the strait, would impose fees on shipping, energy transit, and food supplies passing through the waterway.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One grows 600 plants in vertical rows stretching about 50 meters (yards) along a perimeter wall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Officers set up a perimeter and began evacuating the people who lived nearby.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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An assortment of stone tools, including grinding slabs, mullers, pestles, and mortars, suggested that grain was processed on-site.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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Until then, Kloza expects crude and product prices to keep grinding higher, punctuated by sharp swings on every headline.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The latter maintains an exuberant push-and-pull between Rushen’s electric piano, bounding with lightness and dexterity, and her classmate Bobby Bryant’s blaring tenor saxophone.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
22 Mar. 2026
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Gray will play Lisa, an EMT and partner to the team of lifeguards bounding down Venice Beach.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hungarians living near the southern frontier, where Orbán made a show of building a border fence during the refugee crisis, are travelling to Croatia to buy cheap groceries.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Under the leadership of former CEOs, including the late Thomas Storrs and Hugh McColl, Gentry was part of a team that expanded the bank far beyond North Carolina’s border.—
Chase Jordan
April 9,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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As party chief, Lam has led Vietnam’s biggest bureaucratic overhaul since the 1980s, cutting jobs, merging ministries, redrawing provincial boundaries and advancing major infrastructure projects.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Only a small portion of Brownsville — a section from 54th and 62nd streets between and 27th Avenue and the Hialeah border— is included in the existing boundary for the study, Kilpatrick said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Edging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edging. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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