Thesaurus results for BORDERLANDS

borderlands

noun

plural of borderland

as in borders

a region along the dividing line between two countries I grew up on the borderland, so I speak both languages

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Recent Examples of borderlands The new version continues Musgraves’ exploration of the musical traditions that connect Texas, country music and the Mexican-American borderlands — a theme that runs throughout her latest Lost Highway album, Middle of Nowhere. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026 Trail cameras captured new images of Cinco the jaguar, one of five jaguars known to have roamed southern Arizona's borderlands. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2026 No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 In borderlands the ground is always disturbed by history, and south-eastern Poland is no exception. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history. — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026 And in Istria, especially Croatian Istria but also Dubrovnik and across the borderlands of Slovenia and northeastern Italy, Malvasia takes a very different form. — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 Residents of borderlands are by definition bilingual; their cultures mixed and distinctive. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 24 June 2026 The final Palme d’Or contender to play in Cannes’ 2006 edition last Friday, Grisebach’s borderlands drama kept the wind in the sales of the main competition right up to the end, and went on to win the Jury Prize. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 May 2026

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Especially as a as a Latino artist, seeing that aspect come through and connect across so many different borders was amazing.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026
While most have come from Russia, Ukrainian drones have also crossed borders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

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