borderline
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For a book that claims to praise Diana, Mr. Spencer makes her sound like a borderline psychopath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"For patients at borderline risk, knowing their calcium score can help determine whether their risk is actually lower or higher than initially estimated, which can help guide treatment decisions," Shah explained.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Garcia’s Ford seems not just jealous but borderline apoplectic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In his prime he was a magnificent talent, a borderline genius, but this is the end of the line - as it is for many of an ageing squad.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
And because he knew he was weak, he grew more and more stern and painstaking and much less likely to accept an excuse or a borderline disability.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
They move freely, obscuring borderlines between categories that once loomed like separate land masses: jazz and chamber music; acoustic and electric ensembles; songs and improvised forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
“We don’t know each other and do not publish our own writers inside our continent because of the borderlines of colonial language such as French, English and Portuguese,” he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
Global warming also has had its way with borderlines.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2020
When one actually thinks of the behemoth task that was accomplished back then in the planning, designing and implementing of the New York subway, it almost borderlines on magical.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
Such a distribution was artificial but, once made, necessarily influenced the borderlines to the north and south.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
