as in adjacent
having a border in common
fringing nations fighting over territory on their shared border
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as in adjoining
to be adjacent to
the orchestral pit fringed the edge of the stage
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as in bordering
to serve as a border for
neat rows of red brick fringe the estate's flower beds
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Recent Examples of fringing
Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fringing
Adjective
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In round 2, shown on the right panel, the testing contingency remains the same except for the addition of a social facilitator bird in the adjacent room of the control subject, who sits on the perch passively without performing any action.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Not long ago, Barbara Starr, who gardens in the San Fernando Valley, sent me a picture of dozens of seedlings that were growing adjacent to her back wall.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Empress Tavern, the basement-level restaurant adjoining the theater which shut down during the pandemic, reopened this spring for private events and concerts hosted by a local nonprofit.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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By 1938, the Netherlands had a 1,170-mile main-road network, 866 miles of which had adjoining cycleways.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Ceylon Tea Trails are a series of bungalow’s tucked into Sri Lanka’s tea region bordering the Central Highlands UNESCO World Heritage site.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Forests neighboring beloved places like the Appalachian Trail, Lake Tahoe, and the White Mountains as well as those bordering Rocky Mountain, Glacier, Olympic and Yellowstone national parks, will all be opened to development.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Soliman worked as a freelance journalist covering pro-democracy revolts in Egypt and neighboring Libya.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Still, in March, a collision alarm sounded in the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines jet when Air Force jets conducting a flyover at Arlington National Cemetery got too close, and in May, an Army helicopter circling the neighboring Pentagon, caused two passenger jets to abort landings.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Front Entry and Porch Updates Virginia designer Erin Tripodi is a fan of flanking a front door with large, symmetrical planters.—
Lauren Jones,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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Outlets including The Hollywood Reporter captured footage of Lena and Werner flanking the Godfather director, holding his hands and posing for photos.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
27 Aug. 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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Soliman had been swept into custody, joining a record 61,000 people now in ICE detention.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Those traits all kind of culminated in me joining the Kansas City Defender around the time of the protests.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Despite questions surrounding his confirmation, Hegseth secured support in January from all but three Republicans to become Defense secretary with a 51-50 vote as Vice President JD Vance broke the tie.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Assembled over three years, Bolaño’s rubric was simple, surrounding herself with pieces that inspired creativity.—
Keith Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Fringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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