borderline
adjective
on or near a border or boundary.
borderlines
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pluralof borderline.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They move freely, obscuring borderlines between categories that once loomed like separate land masses: jazz and chamber music; acoustic and electric ensembles; songs and improvised forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Global warming also has had its way with borderlines.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2020
Nevertheless, in the last few years, the borderlines of acceptable looking have become blurred.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
Fitzgerald's Jazz Age was a time when the borderlines between the fortunes of the elite and the spoils of organised crime were blurred and shifting.
From BBC ● May 31, 2013
When there was no compromise involving other factors, borderlines were chosen to make the best possible separation of national groups, connecting the best marked physical features available.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
