selvages

noun

plural of selvage
as in frontiers

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  1. frontiers
  2. restrictions
  3. borderlands
  4. limitations
  5. measures
  6. extents
  7. maxima
  8. terminations
Noun
  • Moreover, the partnership serves as a historic moment, as the two institutions are exploring new sensory frontiers together for the first time.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
  • District 8 is also home to some of the top growth frontiers as the suburbs give way to farmland that’s a source of new land for developers.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of frontiers
Noun
  • And why should airport baggage restrictions get in the way of a good travel look?
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Multinational companies that need AI services or cloud infrastructure for their China operations have to work with local providers because of restrictions on foreign providers, according to Fok.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of restrictions
Noun
  • American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • And in Istria, especially Croatian Istria but also Dubrovnik and across the borderlands of Slovenia and northeastern Italy, Malvasia takes a very different form.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of borderlands
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  • Somaliland is proximate and overcomes some of the limitations imposed by other regional hosts like Djibouti and Middle East partners.
    — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • These limitations can contribute to nostalgia and homesickness during a long mission.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of limitations
Noun
  • Soaring temperatures are forcing drastic measures in Europe, where successive heatwaves are straining an economy already under pressure from US tariffs, Chinese competition and higher energy prices because of the Iran war.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • New Jersey and Illinois are among the states that have enacted statewide regulations recently, and Massachusetts is weighing measures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of measures
Noun
  • Among the concert recordings are three full concerts being released for the very first time and several more full recordings of shows that have been excerpted, to varying extents, for past releases.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 1 June 2026
Definition of extents
Noun
  • The main sensor also has a higher sensitivity limit of up to ISO 25600 for standard and slow-motion recording and ISO 51200 for low-light video compared with the zoom's ISO 12800 and 25600 maximums, respectively.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
  • But those payments won’t contribute to their insurance deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.
    — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of maxima
Noun
  • Now, because of the Supreme Court’s June decision, judges will likely act in the coming weeks to allow the Administration to carry on with its terminations.
    — Dara Lind, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the terminations have been reversed by courts, but the fights continue on a grant-by-grant basis.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of terminations
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