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as in perimeters
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
the design along the edge of the plate is badly worn
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as in advantages
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming
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as in borders
to serve as a border for
pavement edging the flower bed
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Recent Examples of edges
Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
Other signs of unseasoned wood are bark that is tightly attached and a wet, fresh-looking center with lighter and drier looking wood near the edges or ends.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Make sure it is properly sealed around the edges of the frame.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
Leeds United’s home, nestled by the side of the M621 motorway around the edges of the city, looks tired in places.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
Users must manually handle lawn edges, reposition machines around obstacles and oversee performance on complex or irregular landscapes.
—Hummingbird, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Everyone was dancing, sweating out their edges, and singing every word.
—Sandy Pierre, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
Her sculptural bookshelf and semicircular floor lamps possess a molten heft—their softened edges appearing raw and time-weathered.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
Art De Roché, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Other defensive losses include edges Trey White and Ryan Henderson, linebacker Owen Chambliss and safeties Dalesean Staley and Dwayne McDougle.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The path forward hinges on whether diplomatic lines reopen—or whether the region edges closer to open confrontation.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Apple edges ahead of Android here with its robust Messages app, which includes Animoji, Memoji, payments, games, and the Messages app store.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Mark edges with fiberglass snow poles or driveway markers to guide safe clearing.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Nov. 2025
As the impasse edges closer to the one-month mark, the poll found 50% of respondents point the finger at Republican congressional leadership, followed by 43% who blame congressional Democrats for it.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
But his behavior during his interrogation with Taverner edges too far into the absurdly inept.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
But researchers in China have developed a 3D printable bio-active glass that edges closer to the bone’s resilience.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
Cake mix, lemon pie filling, and butter come together in the oven to create crisp edges and a gooey, citrusy center, while a little cream cheese in the mix rounds out the lemon’s brightness.
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Mikel Arteta is hopeful of having Kai Havertz available for Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Liverpool as the German forward edges closer to his return to action.
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At no point in the 150 episodes that chronicled Private Pyle’s five years within the safe perimeters of Camp Henderson, CA, was the war in Vietnam, then at napalm-hot intensity, mentioned.—
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Stockings filled with dog or human hair, windchimes, pie tins, or old CDs held aloft on a string, and fishing line installed around garden perimeters are also used to repel deer and rabbits.—
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That flexibility is one of the biggest advantages travelers have today.—
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Those advantages will show up Sunday.—
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The lineup of dishes and sauces and combos verges on overwhelming; they’re presented in a mix of typefaces and colors, and punctuated by herky-jerky photo animations—a waving hand holding a soft-serve twist, spidery fingers with brass nail extensions used in the traditional Thai dance Fawn Leb.—
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
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Dialing up that Corsa setting makes maximum engine boost available on demand, sharpens the throttle, firms the suspension, and throws active exhaust valves open at all times.—
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During all holidays and at frequent Italian dinners in-between, the family keeps their edge — and sharpens Liv’s — in intense games of Nerts (a fast-paced, multiplayer card game), flag football, cornhole, washers, wiffleball and various other games.—
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Late spring to early autumn is best for the Trentino-Alto Adige region, which borders Austria and Switzerland and offers an enticing array of cultures.—
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Chavez argued the regime’s incursion in drug trafficking was necessary to help the FARC take power in Colombia, which borders Venezuela.—
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Age of Imprisonment both controls and performs leaps and bounds better than its predecessors.—
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As my guide Nicolas Jeanroy preps his truffle gear, which looks like a collection of garden tools, his canine partner, Taïga, bounds up.—
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Now, the man is left caught in the middle between maintaining a respectful relationship with his girlfriend’s parents and creating healthy boundaries in his own home.—
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The Film Forward International Competition Section presents the work of new, daring filmmakers who challenge our relationship with storytelling and aspire to renegotiate it through their debut or sophomore films, beyond the boundaries of film genres.—
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The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.—
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“Edges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edges. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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