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fringing

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verb

present participle of fringe

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fringing
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
  • Prosecutors say a fair trial would be impossible not only in this mountain community of fewer than 22,000 people, but also any other adjacent county because the suspect and victim were both well known.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Gary Housing Authority, which owns the schools, and the city of Gary are completing state and federal approvals for the demolition of Emerson and Horace Mann, and two adjacent vacant elementaries, Spaulding and Vohr.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Whether the Supreme Court fires this blast or not, Republicans need to be aware that breaking up majority-minority districts, and dispersing those voters into neighboring districts to dilute their voting power, may well make those neighboring districts less safe for Republican incumbents.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • How the jackpots got so large The first multi-state lottery was started in 1985 by three small states – Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine – which joined together to better compete with neighboring Massachusetts.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Two speaker grilles are at the bottom, flanking the USB-C port.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • King's Hawaiian and Eli Manning are joining forces for something that is going to turn up your tailgate before the game even starts.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • However, Doncic was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers last season, with Anthony Davis and others joining the Mavericks.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, Florida's Miccosukee Tribe claimed the facility impacted its access to the surrounding area and posed risks to the tribe's food and water supply.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Parts of it would be carved up and grafted onto surrounding Democratic-leaning districts, and a significant portion would be added to a new Latino-majority seat in central Los Angeles County, basically leaving Calvert with a viable district from which to seek reelection.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Fringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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