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boundary

[baun-duh-ree, -dree] / ˈbaʊn də ri, -dri /


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For their part, they were probably embarrassed to realize that you had given enough and erected an invisible, though unmistakable, boundary between the two households.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Jackdaw sits close to the boundary between the British and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, in an area where Westminster originally granted licences to explore for oil and gas in 1970 and 1989.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The antibody reached the boundary of the brain but did not enter the brain tissue itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Wright also interrogates the boundary between severe mental illness and evil, and wonders whether, even in extreme cases, redemption might be possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

When the crust reached the end of its journey at the boundary with continents, it plunged back into the Earth in a process known as subduction.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Once faith hangs in the balance, Fielder can navigate the viewer and Seyfried through its opaque boundaries, taking all of us to Evans’ house for an uncomfortably intimate dinner.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

To meet that demand, Smith said “Ciena is pushing the boundaries of physics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As the plates move against each other, intense shearing forces could produce additional heating along their boundaries.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

"I heard Jan saying that we are open for learning, but not in setting precedent. Please do not define the boundaries for learning," said Pakistan's Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, in comments endorsed by others.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

This the touch discovers in sensible bodies, whose extremities come within our reach; and the eye takes both from bodies and colours, whose boundaries are within its view.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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