border (on)

verb

Definition of border (on)next
1
as in to touch (on)
to come very close to being that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future

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2
as in to join
to be adjacent to that state borders on three others

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for border (on)
  1. join
  2. seem
  3. adjoin
  4. neighbor
  5. resemble
  6. touch
  7. flank
  8. surround
Verb
  • Bruegger's Bagels free bagel and cream cheese Bruegger’s Bagels, with more than 175 locations throughout the U.S., is giving all customers who join Bruegger’s Rewards loyalty program a free bagel and cream cheese with purchase in January to celebrate National Bagel Day.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Kansas City Star Maddie Hartley, a digital layout editor working on the Morning Sports Edition, joined The Star in 2023.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of join
Verb
  • In 2020, my colleague Olga Khazan asked why no one seemed interested in creating a modern temperance movement.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Biogas may seem renewable on its face; so long as people consume dairy, cows will keep generating manure.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of seem
Verb
  • The former includes a discreetly and elegantly integrated kitchen, the latter has an adjoining bathroom to one side.
    Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The order issued Thursday protects residents within the fire zones or adjoining ZIP Codes from insurance non-renewals or cancellations for one year from the date of emergency declarations Gov. Gavin Newsom issued this month.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of adjoin
Verb
  • In neighboring Syria, an untested government is attempting to chart a path forward after years of civil war.
    Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But within two years, Carter’s successor, Ronald Reagan, worked to undo his reforms and soon launched wars in both Nicaragua, to oust the Sandinistas, and neighboring El Salvador to support its right-wing military government.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of neighbor
Verb
  • The 500,000-square-foot museum (slated to open sometime in 2025) will be home to both a planetarium and a giant-screen theater, as well as a spiraling ramp resembling a twisting DNA strand that also acts as exhibition space.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The fact that language models work at all is proof that something resembling language learning can happen without any of the specialized machinery Chomsky proposed.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of resemble
Verb
  • Without your Administrator password, the thief can't touch your data.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
  • As He's Banned CCTV Captures What Dog Does for the First Time—Rest of the Pack Is Confused Kai's incredible rescue quickly touched people's hearts, bringing in more than 6 million views and 808,200 likes on TikTok.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of touch
Verb
  • He’ll be flanked by Fitzgerald, a literal last-hour transfer portal entry who stood out for NC State in 2024: 55 tackles, eight pass deflections, three interceptions.
    Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Cluster of cops appear to be stationed in the area surrounding the hotel and metal barriers line the entrances of the venue, which are flanked by several private security guards checking badges of attendees.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of flank
Verb
  • The former prosecutor pointed to the dispute surrounding Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Sarkisian apologized for leaving the field after a 2022 loss to Oklahoma State before singing the song, but since then the issue has faded from public discourse surrounding the football team.
    Sam Khan Jr., The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of surround
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