SELVAGES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

selvages

noun

plural of selvage

as in frontiers

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Noun

The oil industry has spent more than a century pushing into new frontiers.

— Mia Gindis, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Whether the impetus is to satisfy a desire for seclusion or to achieve the investment benefits that development allows, these three properties, triangulated across the globe, open up new frontiers and ways of living.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of frontiers

Noun

The Texas Medical Association is also calling for restrictions on prediction markets, including requiring users to be at least 21 years old and limiting advertisements that target children and young adults.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026
The restrictions have reached deeply into education, where phones are not only tools for communication but also part of how students study, save lessons, contact teachers and stay connected to their families.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of restrictions

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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

Noun

Authorities have been introducing new measures to ensure the smooth flow of goods across all customs ports.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
The latest arrivals are expected to be held at a maximum-security prison for up to a year, as Eswatini pledges to protect their rights while tightening security measures.

— Nokukhanya Musi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 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

Blanchard argued that the terminations were unlawful because the government had already entered into binding agreements and obligated the funding.

— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Oberlander was even more direct in his assessment, suggesting the terminations were politically motivated.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 3 July 2026

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