as in edges
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
the lace edging on the sleeves gives a blouse a pleasingly feminine look
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edgings
Noun
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Chase Joynt is a non-fiction filmmaker and writer who works at the edges of genre.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Today, crews continued to make significant progress improving fire lines along the southern, eastern, and western edges of the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some are happily established, while others are trapped in a migratory nightmare or even detained between borders.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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For companies trading across borders, this inconsistency creates real headaches.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lawyers for the state attorney general’s office argued that troops had performed police functions by setting up security perimeters and detaining at least two people.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Monitor the Garlic and Deer fires, keeping the both fires within their current perimeters and mop up the the extent necessary to prevent the likelihood of an escape.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Chronic, punitive or manipulative testing calls for setting firm boundaries.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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As a result, engineers are actively exploring new materials, innovative architectures, and advanced fabrication techniques to overcome these barriers and keep pushing the boundaries of computing power.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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The film takes a fun detour in the third act into what almost verges into horror territory.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Edgings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edgings. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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