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
Adrienne Jordan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Harry Bennett, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Adjective
In Ocho Rios, the vast fringing reef shelf has drop-offs on the northern side perfect for spotting diverse soft and hard corals like staghorn, sea fan and brain coral.
—Adrienne Jordan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
Extra-low dispersion glass eliminates color fringing from chromatic aberration and fully multi-coated optics boost brightness and contrast.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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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Bryden is working to spread Cureate locations around her current home base of Northwest Arkansas into adjacent states.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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In a street vacation, the city agrees to relinquish a public right of way or public service easement to an adjacent property owner or owners.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But the town adjoining the base, Delta Junction, is small (with a 2020 population of 918) and has only a handful of food stores and restaurants.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Members can also take advantage of the family program and book adjoining rooms at half price.—
Caitlin Gunther,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The reversal of advances by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the eastern provinces of Hadramout and Mahra — bordering Saudi Arabia and Oman respectively — could help cool tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Now that parking is no longer free within the park and meters have been installed on bordering streets like Sixth Avenue, many of those businesses have had to find parking garages and other solutions to employee parking.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The spectacle of Maduro being transported to a New York courthouse may draw inconvenient attention to Putin’s failure to successfully impose regime change on neighboring Ukraine.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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In neighboring Serbia, some western municipalities introduced emergency measures due to bad weather.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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One clip in the carousel sees her two young sons flanking her on stage in mid-December in Buenos Aires.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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There is also an undated shot of Clinton and Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger flanking a woman whose face has been blacked out at an unspecified event.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
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There might be nothing more adorable than the sight of a fluffy puppy or kitten bounding around the corner to surprise its new owner.—
Terry Ward,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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In the clip, Charlie can be seen bounding, burrowing and lounging blissfully in the winter powder while bundled up in a blue jacket.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Prior to joining Cabot in 2019, Reed won four state championships while at El Dorado.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Left Arrow Right Arrow The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't be joining the John Harbaugh sweepstakes or any head coaching search, for that matter, heading into 2026.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But, amid all the energy surrounding the team’s future, the looming lawsuit against Missouri’s stadium-funding plan has drawn little public attention over the past several weeks.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even more striking, the gas moved in a very orderly and coherent way, with far less random motion than the surrounding stars.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Fringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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