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a region along the dividing line between two countries
I grew up on the borderland, so I speak both languages
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Recent Examples of borderlands
Residents of borderlands are by definition bilingual; their cultures mixed and distinctive.
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Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
24 June 2026
From the Neolithic rock art of what is now Libya to ancient Egypt, China and India, to medieval and Renaissance Europe, creatures at borderlands of what was taken to be civilization were represented as cynocephalic, that is, humans with dog heads.
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
The final Palme d’Or contender to play in Cannes’ 2006 edition last Friday, Grisebach’s borderlands drama kept the wind in the sales of the main competition right up to the end, and went on to win the Jury Prize.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.
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Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
The series project Burning Witches, written by Martina Babišová and Věra Starečková and produced by Dagmar Sedláčková, is set in the 17th century in the Bohemian-Polish borderlands.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Karla Cordero is a Chicana educator whose work lives in our borderlands and bridges community into artistry by curating open mics and an online poetry journal.
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Yesika Salgado,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
In the heyday of the 1980s, rainy seasons brought over 20 inches to the borderlands.
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Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
With Israel’s borderlands in ruins and hundreds of its citizens taken hostage, the country’s voters could no longer countenance their leader’s quietism, which now looked like a historic blunder.
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Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
24 June 2026
From the Neolithic rock art of what is now Libya to ancient Egypt, China and India, to medieval and Renaissance Europe, creatures at borderlands of what was taken to be civilization were represented as cynocephalic, that is, humans with dog heads.
—
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
The final Palme d’Or contender to play in Cannes’ 2006 edition last Friday, Grisebach’s borderlands drama kept the wind in the sales of the main competition right up to the end, and went on to win the Jury Prize.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.
—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
The series project Burning Witches, written by Martina Babišová and Věra Starečková and produced by Dagmar Sedláčková, is set in the 17th century in the Bohemian-Polish borderlands.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Karla Cordero is a Chicana educator whose work lives in our borderlands and bridges community into artistry by curating open mics and an online poetry journal.
—
Yesika Salgado,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
In the heyday of the 1980s, rainy seasons brought over 20 inches to the borderlands.
—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
With Israel’s borderlands in ruins and hundreds of its citizens taken hostage, the country’s voters could no longer countenance their leader’s quietism, which now looked like a historic blunder.
—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borderlands
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This is a film with genuine heart and authenticity that reflects modern Britain while speaking to audiences far beyond its borders.
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The United States and the European Union have expressed concern about China’s new ethnic unity law, which went into effect this week and gives Beijing the legal basis to take action against people outside its borders.
Noun
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Developing new frontiers of personalization can also be a key strategic differentiator.
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The frontiers Natarajan is most excited about – agentic AI systems that can dramatically improve performance by reframing how problems are solved, and domain-specific reasoning that understands contextual and financial nuance – represent the next phase of innovation.
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“Borderlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borderlands. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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