SELVAGES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

selvages

noun

plural of selvage

as in frontiers

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Noun

And regenerative medicine, cellular therapies, protein engineering, and synthetic biology while opening entirely new therapeutic frontiers raise the conundrum of who will pay for them.

— Steve Brozak, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The oil industry has spent more than a century pushing into new frontiers.

— Mia Gindis, Fortune, 9 July 2026

Definition of frontiers

Noun

Nonprofit experts told the Herald/Times earlier this year that the foundation’s actions could jeopardize its tax-exempt status because of the strict restrictions on how nonprofits can engage in politics or lobbying.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
When devices are set up for children, parents would set the child's age, which would automatically trigger certain restrictions required by the state.

— Ben Szalinski, CBS News, 31 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

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Optical networking promises to allow data processing to move beyond the limitations of traditional copper wire connections, offering a method that is faster, more energy efficient, and that allows for data transmission over further distances.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
There are two limitations with silicone stretch lids that can create some frustration.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of limitations

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Last week, the tides brought dangerous surf conditions to much of the coastline and damaged some of the protective measures put in place by cities.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
According to the ministry, this will include a review of security procedures, particularly measures to prevent weapons and other dangerous items from being brought onto school premises.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of measures

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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

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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

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Recent reporting and research on NIH grant terminations suggest that health equity work has been hit especially hard and that scientists from historically underrepresented groups have borne a disproportionate share of the damage.

— Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Last month, the Supreme Court reversed lower-court judgments that had postponed the administration’s TPS terminations for Haiti and Syria while litigation continued.

— Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

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