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boundary

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


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“In the past 20 years, a new social boundary seems to have calcified among people my age,” Walsh wrote.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

She said the league operates within a set boundary that includes parts of Whittier, South Whittier, Pico Rivera and Norwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The surface of our planet has a finite area, yet someone traveling along that surface never encounters a boundary where the ground suddenly ends.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Your area’s heatwave threshold may be approximate if your postcode is near a county boundary.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Before Highboy passed a jar to Willie he borrowed Portia’s lipstick and drew a red line to set the boundary of the drink.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

"But it really complicates what is actually a fairly fundamental part of being human, which is that you are warm and you love your children and you put in place some boundaries around them."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Before dispatching them out onto the web, you need to set strict boundaries and give explicit instructions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Stakeholders currently are defined as anyone who lives, works or owns real property within the neighborhood boundaries, or community organizations like chambers of commerce or nonprofits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

These narrow streams of hot, rapidly moving plasma can extend well beyond the visible boundaries of their galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

And there is the production of racial meaning and racial boundaries.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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