verged (on)

verb

Definition of verged (on)next
past tense of verge (on)
1
as in joined
to be adjacent to our land verges on a wildlife refuge

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2
as in touched (on)
to come very close to being a comment that verged on an insult

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verged (on)
  1. joined
  2. seemed
  3. resembled
  4. surrounded
Verb
  • Seeking to deepen her impact, Lahar left Columbia after three years and eventually relocated from New York to Israel and joined Tech2Peace to pioneer innovative approaches to fostering collaboration and understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This February, another unlikely candidate joined the ranks.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of joined
Verb
  • Many commentators reflected on the misogyny behind the backlash, and noted that the public always seemed particularly willing to tear down successful women.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the pope’s project seemed purely aspirational.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of seemed
Verb
  • New Orleans’ offense resembled a preseason roster on paper, and that’s not hyperbole.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What these 28 events resembled was a strange and, until now, seemingly unique cosmic explosion called ASASSN-16oh, which was detected in 2016 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae and which the team now thinks was a millinova.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of resembled
Verb
  • This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope features the young star cluster NGC 602, surrounded by the varied clouds of a nebula, near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, about 200,000 light-years from Earth.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Adding to its uniqueness, the city winds along the Mississippi River and is surrounded by distinct wetland habitats of swamps, bayous, and marshes.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of surrounded
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