1
as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
our land verges on a wildlife refuge
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2
as in touches (on)
to come very close to being
a comment that verged on an insult
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verges (on)
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The bridge adjoins the War Eagle Mill and carries traffic across War Eagle Creek.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Amazon joins other companies such as Salesforce, Target, and Paramount who have together laid off thousands of workers in the past few months.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Globally, a new developer joins the platform every second, the company said.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Given our recent history, that seems like a risky thing to do.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the secret underground cave that seems like the perfect place to be alone is already occupied by another fuzzy, lonely creature named Mi.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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At first glance, Grace resembles the type of mothers who have become a dominant cinematic presence in recent years—women portrayed as troubled about being a caregiver.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new map would thin out the number of GOP voters, turning it into something that loosely resembles, of all things, an elephant.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The film touches upon very different subjects, but overall, the underpinning of this film is that society changes, and there’s a tectonic shift in American society and the society becomes a different place from one year to the sixth year.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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How the ball bounces off the floor and touches your hand, and that integrated with that inside-out dribble and footwork that goes with it, to be aggressive to get to the basket or shoot the ball.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Verges (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verges%20%28on%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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