as in edges
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
was on the fringes of the crowd and couldn't see the speaker
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as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
the orchestral pit fringed the edge of the stage
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as in borders
to serve as a border for
neat rows of red brick fringe the estate's flower beds
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Recent Examples of fringes
Reuters 6 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026
The middle—still the most dominant force in American politics—isn’t looking for the purity that the fringes demand on TikTok.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Sequins, feathers and fringes add movement and fun, transforming eveningwear into the ultimate party pieces.
—Alex Badia, Footwear News, 31 Dec. 2025
Folks who had previously been on the fringes now operate in the mainstream.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 27 Dec. 2025
Both are loners teetering on the fringes of society, and Eady’s ability to see McCauley as a real person, even if only as a stranger reading a book, is enough to undo his entire worldview.
—Jesse Raub, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Butler’s character offers performance and consolation to followers online, representing the dangerous figures that populated the fringes of the internet during the lockdown.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
Aryeh asks the crowd of thirty-odd people gathered at a bus stop on the fringes of downtown Toronto.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
With a very forgiving schedule ahead, the question is whether the Dolphins can get to the fringes of wild card contention by mid-December.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
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Budanov, who has survived numerous assassination attempts, began his career as a special forces operative and served in the east after Russia illegally annexed Crimea and its proxies took over Ukraine’s eastern fringes.
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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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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.—
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The new building Musk posted about is in nearby Southaven, Mississippi, and adjoins the Colossus 2 facility, the Information reported earlier Tuesday, citing property records and a person familiar with the project.—
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Here, a marble island anchors the cooking space, which adjoins a more casual dining area and the family room.—
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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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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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Another violent image now joins the grim archive that has made Minnesota an unwilling stage for national trauma for years running.—
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Mina, who spent eight seasons renovating Indianapolis homes on the beloved series Good Bones, joins the design competition for its latest installment, which features four duos working to transform identical Las Vegas properties.—
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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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But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash.—
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Everything Martha Stewart touches ultimately ends up with great critical acclaim, and this serum will not be an exception.—
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Running backs with 300-plus touches the previous season don’t generally repeat that volume the following season.—
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“Fringes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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