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
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
New Shepard has carried some famous people to and from the final frontier over the past few years.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Most of all, both have a deep and abiding affinity for frontier life and Westerns.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Native nations across the continent, and especially those that shared a frontier with the early United States, are prominently marked, while Cherokee, Shawnee, Delaware, and Haudenosaunee towns have as visible a place as many settler towns in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Quebec.
—Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Best capri jeans For many of us, capri jeans are the last frontier—a capital-C Choice.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
New Shepard has carried some famous people to and from the final frontier over the past few years.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Most of all, both have a deep and abiding affinity for frontier life and Westerns.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Native nations across the continent, and especially those that shared a frontier with the early United States, are prominently marked, while Cherokee, Shawnee, Delaware, and Haudenosaunee towns have as visible a place as many settler towns in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Quebec.
—Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontier
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More prosaically, the relative underperformance of the S & P Small Cap 600 (made up of profitable companies) to the small-cap Russell 2000 (where the majority are unprofitable) offers a nice impression of the race for more marginal names.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, anti-ship training exercises will be conducted in the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea, both marginal seas of the western Pacific.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Relations between the two economies had been cool since deadly border clashes in 2020.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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In that sense, by hosting Muttaqi, Delhi may have deepened the growing rupture between Afghanistan and Pakistan that was on display during the recent border clashes.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Clarkson Home Kat Farmhouse Storage Ottoman Add storage space with this French countryside ottoman from Kelly Clarkson Home.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
9 Oct. 2025
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Facing physical puzzles along the way, each episode sees the teams navigate varied landscapes, from narrow city streets to rivers and countryside meadows.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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And only three of those countries are members of NATO.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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At least since 1800, when Parson Weems published his Life of Washington, biography has been the medium through which most Americans have understood the birth of their country.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Bacalar, which is relatively new to tourism, Tulum has been transformed from a sleepy backwater into a pumping party town.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Even so, Nazareth was far from an isolated backwater village.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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But in the post-Grand Slam hinterland, with many top players resting, there are always opportunities for players on the rise.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
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The body of a skier who was caught in an avalanche in the Alaska backcountry seven months ago has been recovered.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Climb aboard Captain Duane Baker’s Flats Fly-Fishing Florida Keys tour, which gives you the chance to fly-fish in the Florida backcountry.—
Teaghan Skulszki,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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And inside the hedges was my tour photographer hiding in bushes that had not previously been there.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Rose Garden at MCC offers a beautiful display of around 9,000 rose bushes right outside the Mesa Community College building.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Frontier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontier. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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