fringing 1 of 2

adjective

as in adjacent
having a border in common fringing nations fighting over territory on their shared border

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fringing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of fringe
1
as in adjoining
to be adjacent to the orchestral pit fringed the edge of the stage

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2
as in bordering
to serve as a border for neat rows of red brick fringe the estate's flower beds

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Recent Examples of fringing
Adjective
In Ocho Rios, the vast fringing reef shelf has drop-offs on the northern side perfect for spotting diverse soft and hard corals like staghorn, sea fan and brain coral. — Adrienne Jordan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
Sustainability is a priority at Sal Salis, with the 16 eco-luxury safari tents designed for minimal impact, just metres from the largest fringing reef in the world, its barefoot luxury as nature intended. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 An easy 10-minute swim will have you on the fringing reef, with slivers of multi-coloured fish, gliding turtles and epic coral formations. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice fringing this vast, icy continent stopped expanding and began to decline dramatically. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2026 Chromatic aberration is very well controlled, with minimal color fringing even when shooting wide open. — Tantse Walter, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Details like eyelash fringing, subtle embroidery, and embossed velvet designs are an easy way to dress up a mundane sectional or lackluster white couch. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026 As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches. — Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fringing
  1. adjacent
  2. adjoining
  3. bordering
  4. neighboring
  5. flanking
  6. bounding
  7. joining
  8. surrounding
Adjective
  • This has your typical upscale open-concept kitchen (lots of storage space, top-shelf appliances, and marble countertops), and the adjacent dining nook leads out to a private balcony.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Why do two different, mutually adjacent cities have the same name?
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of adjacent
Verb
  • Undeterred, the three friends bought the hotel and adjoining property for $3 million and have since spent over $10 million on renovations and redesign.
    — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The film could use a few more such colorful secondary strands adjoining the main conflict, though one subplot involving a maybe-romance between two jaded journalists assigned to the summit is oddly framed and abruptly dropped.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of adjoining
Verb
  • Death Valley is in eastern California, bordering Nevada, and is in the northern Mojave Desert.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine’s neighbors are on alert Russia’s relentless onslaught has spooked other European countries, especially those bordering Ukraine, which fear spreading attacks from Moscow.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of bordering
Adjective
  • Lake’s drop of about 200 students, far smaller than in neighboring districts, likely reflects the limited number of private schools in the county, making vouchers less viable for many families, officials have said.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The outbreak also crossed into neighboring Uganda, which has since stopped transmission, according to WHO.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of neighboring
Verb
  • The lush valleys flanking the Teahupo’o coastline are full of drama, with towering, jagged peaks and vertiginous ridges—many far off the grid and only accessible via boat.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The front end is particularly imposing, with twin LED headlights flanking a broad grille and a substantial-looking skid plate beneath the bumper.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of flanking
Verb
  • The sound of a teenager bounding down the stairs of our home.
    — John Biemer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For now, though, the puppy who once came bounding into CBS Texas is growing up right before our eyes.
    — Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of bounding
Verb
  • The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Michalka and Sutherland are the latest in a wave of new faces joining the musical this fall.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of joining
Verb
  • The market is attempting to judge how long high capital expenditures and elevated valuations surrounding AI can be sustained.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • So surrounding Antetokounmpo with shooting was the smart strategy, because the data suggests offenses play at well above-average levels when the two-time MVP is paired with elite shooting.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of surrounding

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“Fringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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