as in marginal
located at or near a border
a frontier town with a reputation for vice and lawlessness
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as in border
a region along the dividing line between two countries
the Apaches were once feared on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico frontier
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as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
Alaska has been called America's last frontier
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Recent Examples of frontier
Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
While ensuring the United States leads the frontier of AI development, the Trump Administration should actively monitor for dangerous capabilities and be ready to prevent them from being exploited by adversaries.
—Janet Egan, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
From customer support to automating business operations, AI Integrations is accelerating businesses to the final frontier of digital evolution.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The Sabra situation mainly highlights the sharp contrast between the woolly frontiers of Marvel Comics and the frictionless corporate oversight of Marvel Studios.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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But both this measure and the Inflation Reduction Act focused too much on existing technologies and companies rather than on foundational research at the frontiers of science and engineering.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
While ensuring the United States leads the frontier of AI development, the Trump Administration should actively monitor for dangerous capabilities and be ready to prevent them from being exploited by adversaries.
—Janet Egan, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
From customer support to automating business operations, AI Integrations is accelerating businesses to the final frontier of digital evolution.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The Sabra situation mainly highlights the sharp contrast between the woolly frontiers of Marvel Comics and the frictionless corporate oversight of Marvel Studios.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontier
Adjective
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Buyers showed just enough exertion Tuesday and Wednesday to lift the S & P 500 a quarter of a percent to a marginal new record high each session.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
22 Feb. 2025
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The expiring provisions from Trump’s 2017 law benefit middle- and low-income taxpayers in the form of lower marginal rates and a larger child tax credit, but some disproportionately help the wealthy, including a higher cap on the estate and gift tax.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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The tariffs have touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border, where residents and industries are closely intertwined.—
Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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His approach to immigration and deportation continues to receive positive marks, and his border policies are seen as effective.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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The show is set in numerous locations throughout Norway (and Lithuania, subbing in for Russia), from the brutalist architecture of Oslo to quaint villages in the Norwegian countryside.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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This luxury resort, set in the tranquil countryside, is your gateway to surprising epicurean adventures as well.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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They are often flagged in countries like the Bahamas, Liberia and Panama.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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President Trump now calling Ukrainian President Zelensky a dictator, later blaming Ukraine's leaders for Putin's attack on that country.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Chaotic warrens in rundown backwaters, such as the desolate apartment complex where Beibei’s grandmother used to live, suggest neglect that’s far from benign.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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Why are the Ukrainians risking lives and resources on a comparatively meaningless action in a sector that’s a relative backwater, when critical Ukrainian strongpoints in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast are under relentless Russian assault?—
David Axe,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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From obscurity to fame Pandas once roamed a vast swath of China, along with parts of northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but human encroachment and climate change shrank the habitat of the bamboo-munching bears to just six mountain ranges above the Sichuan basin, deep in China’s hinterland.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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In 1998, Ty built a backcountry hut three miles away that was a separate business from the Tennessee Pass operation.—
John Meyer,
The Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2025
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The plant was found on a hike in the park's backcountry in March 2024 by park volunteer Deb Manley and Cathy Hoyt, a park interpretive operations supervisor.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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During the same interview, Mr. Trump praised the Secret Service agent who saw the rifle's barrel coming out of a bush.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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According to two other witnesses, Blue Jr. hid two guns behind a bush in front of the building before officers arrived, the affidavit said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Frontier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontier. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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