borderline

Example Sentences

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The same goes for a catcher on a borderline ball call.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

She bristles when she realizes some dentists are using AI images to upsell patients—deploying color-coded overlays to dramatize borderline findings and justify questionable treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A definite spot-kick in Europe, borderline for the Premier League.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The chicken warms gently in the pan, soaking it up, and suddenly you have a dinner that feels borderline dinner-party-adjacent.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Not to mention borderline creepy that I had to escape my own car.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King