as in marginal
located at or near a border
a frontier town with a reputation for vice and lawlessness
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as in border
a region along the dividing line between two countries
the Apaches were once feared on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico frontier
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as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
Alaska has been called America's last frontier
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Recent Examples of frontier
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
This surge, driven primarily by OpenAI’s $40 billion round and Scale AI’s $14.8 billion minority stake sale to Meta, highlights intensifying competition for resources and talent among leading frontier model providers, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 July 2025
In 2019, Disneyland opened Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, a painstakingly detailed land transporting guests to the remote frontier planet of Batuu, populated with the likes of Kylo Ren, Chewbacca and playful next-gen robots called BDX droids.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 July 2025
As the sport heads into a new frontier with revenue sharing, TCU head coach Sonny Dykes wants to clean up college football.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
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As innovation continues, underwater living could become our next great frontier.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
This surge, driven primarily by OpenAI’s $40 billion round and Scale AI’s $14.8 billion minority stake sale to Meta, highlights intensifying competition for resources and talent among leading frontier model providers, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 July 2025
In 2019, Disneyland opened Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, a painstakingly detailed land transporting guests to the remote frontier planet of Batuu, populated with the likes of Kylo Ren, Chewbacca and playful next-gen robots called BDX droids.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 July 2025
As the sport heads into a new frontier with revenue sharing, TCU head coach Sonny Dykes wants to clean up college football.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontier
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Moreover, if this borrowing crowds out marginal investments in equities or something similar that provides nearly the same after-tax returns, then the benefit is a wash.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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At a 12% marginal tax rate, for example, the $6,000 deduction for a single taxpayer who is 65 or older would result in $720 in tax savings, according to Watson.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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When Biden was president, the U.S.-Mexico border was overrun by hundreds of thousands of migrants were crossed illegally.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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After Sabraw ruled that such separations of families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border were unconstitutional, the focus of the litigation turned to reunification.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Workers work in a Molfetta countryside in Italy, on October 24, 2024, during the olive harvest.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Growing up in the countryside of Jamaica, holistic esthetician and founder of IN GROOV Shani Hillian watched her elders picking herbs from their garden for skin ailments.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 July 2025
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Besides the Cousins' Buechel neighborhood home, Moore and his local crew shot at the former D. Nalley's diner in Old Louisville and Powder Keg Fireworks in Jeffersonville, Indiana, as well as various country roads and a lake in Southern Indiana.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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On Sunday, July 20, Lord posted on Instagram a thank-you letter sent to him by the Duke of Sussex, 40, after visiting his shop East Side Ink to get a fake tattoo from country singer Jelly Roll in 2024.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Similarly, in Anhui Province in eastern China, the city of Hefei has transformed from a poor backwater into a crucial hub for the electric vehicle industry.—
Damien Ma,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2025
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The weather service said backwater flooding along the Little Miami, Great Miami and Licking rivers will also result in road closures.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Apr. 2025
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One is that working class people from the American hinterlands simply lack the time, resources, and networks to gamble on a vocation with so little security.—
Lee Cole
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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On the opposite shore of the lake, the Venetian denomination Bardolino DOC extends on the morainic hills of the hinterland.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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All backcountry routes and canyoneering routes stemming from the North or South Kaibab, or Bright Angel Trail.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
18 July 2025
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All North Rim operations—including campgrounds, backcountry access, and trails such as the North Kaibab—are closed and will remain so for the rest of the 2025 season, per the National Park Service.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
15 July 2025
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Only 12 original rose bushes remained when Melania oversaw the addition of 200 new ones.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Other combinations are radishes under taller veggies, or planting bush beans around crops that are heavy feeders, which reduces weeds and adds extra nitrogen to the soil.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 July 2025
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“Frontier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontier. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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