margined

verb

past tense of margin
as in bordered
to serve as a border for the riverbed is margined by a flat beach of smooth rocks

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  1. bordered
  2. bounded
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  • Its east, home to the kingdom's oil fields, is bordered by the Persian Gulf — all that separates Saudi Arabia from longtime foe Iran.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Two of the world’s most strategic maritime chokepoints, the Suez Canal and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, are bordered by African shores.
    — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bordered
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  • Russia’s support for Tehran has been operationally meaningful but carefully bounded.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of bounded
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“Margined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/margined. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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