SELVAGES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

selvages

noun

plural of selvage

as in frontiers

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Noun

This may become one of the most important frontiers of AI governance.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The founders intend to keep testing new frontiers, with one tweak to the company’s leadership ranks.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of frontiers

Noun

The restrictions emerged just days after Trump admonished Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the press, calling on the leader to step down and hold wartime elections.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Officials say the deployment targets trafficking and cartel activity, but critics note crossings fell after asylum restrictions and much drug smuggling occurs through ports of entry.

— ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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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

Definition of borderlands

Noun

None of it feels remotely tied to the zeitgeist, instead showing an artist galvanized by their own out-there proclivities and exhilarated by the limitations of whatever ramshackle gear might be lying around a home studio.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Ukraine’s Armed Forces learned about the Starshield terminals’ speed limitations from SpaceX customer support after filing a complaint about operational issues, and SpaceX provided no prior warning, according to the source.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of limitations

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Each section used in the demonstration measures 10 feet by 10 feet, with three sections stacked to create a column.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
The former state representative and senator from west-central Missouri took office as secretary of state in January 2025 and brought a more combative approach to overseeing elections and ballot measures.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of measures

Noun

In parts of Europe with a danger of rockfall or avalanche, there are often minimum speed limits rather than maximums.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expected to release more key information in mid-to-late September on how the subsidy expiration will affect premiums, out-of-pocket maximums and cost-sharing.

— Michelle Marchante September 15, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of maxima

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The complaint adds to the growing list of legal challenges to the mass terminations under FBI Director Kash Patel of agents who participated in investigations of the Republican president or are seen as opposed to Trump administration interests.

— Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
All of this makes the recent terminations tricky for OpenAI and shows that safety disclosures are still very much at the whims of the labs.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

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