Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selvages
Noun
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The Industrial Revolution that began in Great Britain had distant frontiers.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
15 June 2026 -
In terms of grand-scale event movies that imagined new frontiers, Jurassic Park might sneak into that core group.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The run-up to the World Cup in Los Angeles was marked by anxiety over how immigration enforcement, travel restrictions and anti-Trump backlash would affect the spirit and attendance of the games.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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The change would bring state policy in line with federal law, which already includes those restrictions.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Tucson is the borderlands, and the people here are long accustomed to roaming travelers stopping through.—
Von Diaz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Dec. 2025
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Several of Latin America’s most powerful criminal organizations were not forged in borderlands, the streets, or jungle hideouts but inside the region’s prisons.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
10 Dec. 2025
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Media organizations argued the public has a right to know when records are being sealed and to challenge those limitations in real time.—
Stepheny Price , Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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City officials previously dismissed the idea of converting to a closed system, citing space and money limitations.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Dec. 2025
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In addition to the impasse over Ukraine agreeing to formally cede territory to Russia, other sticking points in the talks include measures to ensure that Ukraine's security is guaranteed in the future, because of concerns Russia could try to invade again.—
Duarte Dias,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Bake 30-40 minutes longer until center of meatloaf measures 165°F with an instant-read thermometer.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
8 Dec. 2025
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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
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Throughout its history the company has gone through the ebbs and flows of the jewelry sector, impacted to various extents by wars, macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical disruption.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Florida caps weekly unemployment payments at $275, among the lowest maximums in the country.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
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Actual sentences are often far lower than the maximums.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Together, the two cases stem from a turbulent stretch for county leadership marked by abrupt terminations, shifting majorities on the county commission and accusations from commissioners themselves that personnel decisions were politically motivated.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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All three of those reasons for CEO terminations describe leaders who couldn't commit, make tough calls, or grapple with the ambiguity inherent in most executive decisions.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Selvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selvages. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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