borderland
noun
bor·der·land
ˈbȯr-dər-ˌland 
1
a
: territory at or near a border
b
: fringe sense 3a
lives on the borderland of society
2
: a vague intermediate state or region
the borderland between fantasy and reality
Examples of borderland in a Sentence
in the borderland between sleeping and waking
He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.
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Then, in 2014, a group of birdwatchers in the Southern Arizona borderlands got tick bites and a weird fever.
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Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 12 July 2025
Dozens of borderlands and bodies of water remain contested across the globe, often simmering with tension, and sometimes outright conflict.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Our goal for the project was to explore how Americana music has occupied a borderland in our culture’s sonic landscape and has captured the American experiment in song.
—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
Smoke from both is drifting south, causing hazy skies across the borderland.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 12 July 2025
Dozens of borderlands and bodies of water remain contested across the globe, often simmering with tension, and sometimes outright conflict.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Our goal for the project was to explore how Americana music has occupied a borderland in our culture’s sonic landscape and has captured the American experiment in song.
—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
Smoke from both is drifting south, causing hazy skies across the borderland.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for borderland
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“Borderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borderland. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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borderland
noun
bor·der·land
ˈbȯrd-ər-ˌland
1
: territory at or near a border : frontier
2
: an unclear condition or region separating two clearly different ones
the borderland between sleeping and waking
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