frontier
Example Sentences
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Only the huge boots and akimbo shirt collar remind viewers of his frontier background.
Born in California when that state was still the new frontier, Edward H. Crane spent his early career in the 1964 Goldwater campaign and then helped the Libertarian Party run candidates for President.
A rich man living in luxury on the continent’s frontier, Magnus is nonetheless greedy.
In particular, it has focused on preventing those it believes are posed by more advanced frontier systems, such as them becoming misaligned with human values, misused in areas such as conflict or too powerful.
From BBC
Such events are normal in emerging markets — or, actually, in those even-riskier “frontier” markets.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.