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  • noun Plural form of boundary.

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Examples

  • American history, but what I call the boundaries of freedom have also changed and been very contested.

    The Story of American Freedom 1998

  • Even Stockholm with all her distinctions must feel that she gains prestige from the circumstance that within her boundaries is administered, with meticulous care and with a justice which transcends all narrow national considerations, so great a trust as that created by the testament of Alfred Nobel.

    Sir Frederick Hopkins - Banquet Speech 1930

  • They don't know boundaries at all unless you tell them those boundaries and it turns out that telling them the boundaries is extremely complicated.

    Pixar's People, At Play With Ideas In 'Toy Story 3' 2010

  • Art that transcends boundaries is what the Interstitial Arts Foundation is all about.

    All of my artist friends *must* do this. ellen_kushner 2009

  • They don't know boundaries at all unless you tell them those boundaries and it turns out that telling them the boundaries is extremely complicated.

    Pixar's People, At Play With Ideas In 'Toy Story 3' 2010

  • They don't know boundaries at all unless you tell them those boundaries and it turns out that telling them the boundaries is extremely complicated.

    Pixar's People, At Play With Ideas In 'Toy Story 3' 2010

  • The free-flowing disregard for sentence boundaries is very pronounced here, but this of course does not mean the passage lacks all structure or does not bear up under analysis.

    Kerouac the Writer 2009

  • Having clearly marked country boundaries is important to me; this is not the case on the more expensive Atlantis, which focuses more on physical features.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • The free-flowing disregard for sentence boundaries is very pronounced here, but this of course does not mean the passage lacks all structure or does not bear up under analysis.

    Style in Fiction 2009

  • Having clearly marked country boundaries is important to me; this is not the case on the more expensive Atlantis, which focuses more on physical features.

    Choosing a tabletop globe Jonathan Aquino 2009

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  • microwavalable

    July 4, 2008

  • Isn't it already a word, the plural of the word boundary?

    July 4, 2008

  • It was first listed by mollusque, who probably listed boundaries rather than boundary because the former contains all the vowels while the latter does not. Panvocalics tickle his fancy.

    July 4, 2008

  • Also, already words are perfectly acceptable here, despite the plethora of madeupical ones. :-)

    July 8, 2008

  • Yes, alreadonyms are welcome.

    July 8, 2008

  • Someone call me?

    July 8, 2008

  • Are you madeupical, plethora?

    July 8, 2008

  • Are you Plethora of Madeupical?

    July 8, 2008

  • I'm Dontcry of The Porch.

    July 8, 2008

  • I am!

    July 8, 2008

  • Ah, there you are, pleth! Thanks for keeping track of the Madeupicals. :-)

    July 9, 2008