borderline

Example Sentences

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For people with borderline or moderate risk, clinicians may use extra tests to guide decisions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

“It’s borderline hoarder, I’m not going to lie,” Sugarman added, as Spelling was forced to agree.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

"The borderline decision was made by the match referee, and details of the rearranged fixture will be made available as soon as possible," said a Dundee statement.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

John and I grew up there, right on the borderline.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin