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
Dominique Fluker, Essence, 31 July 2025
Testers praised its edging, smearing, and all-day comfort.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
The grassy foliage remains throughout the season as a handsome edging plant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
This is where edging should be your go-to companion on this journey.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 31 July 2025
Testers praised its edging, smearing, and all-day comfort.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
Verb
Forty-one years later, the teams met again in the Classic, with FAMU edging Howard 17-13.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
The grassy foliage remains throughout the season as a handsome edging plant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edging
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On the southwestern side of the fire, hand crews and dozers began building new containment lines along Sycamore Ridge Road to prevent the westward spread of the fire from the Dinkey Creek drainage and cut the fire off close to its active edge.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The base stores up to three tools, including a corner cleaner and an edge sweeper.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Credit rating agencies are sharpening their focus on climate vulnerability, raising questions about whether sectors or sovereigns with large protection gaps could face higher borrowing costs.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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On September 2nd, Mercury re-enters its home turf of Virgo, sharpening our mental focus and communication skills.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The European leader is currently on a tour of the European Union’s nations bordering Russia and Belarus.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Albania, a socialist country, is in the Balkans, bordering Greece, and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea facing Italy.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
30 Aug. 2025
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As of Thursday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Many require a minimum perimeter of 320 inches, or more than 26 feet.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Aug. 2025
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Instead, the army became bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, and the West was stunned by Moscow’s poor battlefield performance.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Although Moscow's ground forces are being chewed up in the grinding war in Ukraine's east, Russia has wound up its defense industry to backfill its constant equipment losses and regular strikes across Ukraine.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Neither do the police, nor the Ring cameras affixed to the facades on several neighborhood homes, though at least the latter capture footage of kids bounding through their front doors, arms splayed like wings, into early morning’s opaque embrace.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Permian Basin — the country’s largest oil field, which straddles the Texas-New Mexico border — was estimated by a 2024 study to emit the second-most methane of any oil field in the world.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Poland, whose defense spending is the highest in Europe in terms of gross domestic product, has its own long border with Russian to contend with.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Greece is one of the most seismically active countries in Europe, sitting atop the complex boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Bella recalled her childhood as lacking in boundaries, with adults engaged in experimental ways of living which purported to offer freedom but in fact undermined any sense of security.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Edging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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