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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  • Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad, bordered only by NATO members Poland and Lithuania and the Baltic Sea to the west, is of considerable military and strategic significance.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • It’s partially bordered by homes and near the North American Aerospace Museum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of bordered
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  • Each payment was firmly bounded—to identifiable living victims or to development, awareness, and commemoration rather than compensation.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Caleb Wilson bounded into the paint with the lack of abandon every rookie possesses, stretching his arms toward the rim in a desperate reach for the ball.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of bounded
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“Margined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/margined. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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