border
noun
the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
have bordered
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present perfectof border.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There has been great analysis and the usual knockabout stuff that is essential to Calcutta Cup week, but the hot takes in the build-up have bordered on the barmy.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
But multiple calls to Pittsburgh over the past few years have only yielded trade-return requests that have bordered on illogical.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
They might have bordered on something resembling chic if they had a flat front and a discreet side zipper, but with a bulky extended-tab waistband and fly—perhaps a mark of J. Crew’s cost-cutting measures?
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2018
His graveyard visits and poetry readings have bordered on the macabre, but he said his goal all along was to draw attention to dead and largely forgotten bards.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
But in avoiding the sensational, I fear that you may have bordered on the trivial.”
From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
