noun
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land located on or near a frontier or boundary
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an indeterminate region
the borderland between intellect and intelligence
Etymology
Origin of borderland
Example Sentences
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The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Then the slippery borderland between fact and fiction, and the perils of ignoring just how slippery it is.
From Salon ● May 7, 2025
The Texas borderland band delves further into the música Mexicana genre this time, experimenting with tribal, corridos tumbados, sad sirreño and a bit of southern honky-tonk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
The Ukrainian borderland has long been a place where cultures merge and interchange.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
He knew how to navigate their dark borderland.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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