How to Use frontier in a Sentence

frontier

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  • They were sent on an expedition to explore the western frontier.
  • Less is known about the genes of the people in other frontiers, and far less about those of the people in the Balkans.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The frontier has always been a place where people have come to live on their own terms.
    — Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • To me, and many others, the state’s growing network of bike trails is a new frontier.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The borders, at this frontier of machine learning, are blurred.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
  • On the one hand, every nation wants to be, and be seen to be, at the technological frontier.
    — Mustafa Suleyman, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Those who visit the log cabin Lincoln grew up in may feel the spirit of Kentucky's frontier.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Plagued by illnesses and ill-equipped for frontier life, the group soon gave up and retreated to New Orleans.
    — John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The tiny frontier town is dotted with picturesque chalets and a network of scenic trails that suit every skill level.
    — Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
  • One of those is in Boone—elevation 3333 feet, the frontier outpost ahead of the higher mountain towns.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 3 Sep. 2023
  • At the same time, Alaska’s cold waters are the next frontier for kelp farming as waters warm in places like New England and the Mediterranean.
    — Juliet Eilperin, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023
  • Enlarge Master/Getty The Moon is slated to be our next frontier.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And this was a time when America’s frontiers were considered up for grabs.
    — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But there are new political frontiers to make the right choice and ensure that SNAP can get to the right dose to reach its biggest impact.
    — Megan Sandel and Charlotte Bruce, STAT, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There weren’t many frontiers left for the couple to tackle — none that seemed feasible, anyway.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the best lines are given to Shingas, leader of Jamie’s Lenape band, who will evolve from a reluctant warrior to a fearsome scourge of the frontier.
    — Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Thanks to these specimens and the researchers studying them now, the discovery of these bees means new frontiers for taxonomists.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Top End region is one of the last true frontiers of Australia that, to this day, remains relatively untouched.
    — Drew Kluska, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Winding through the tall pine forests of Mississippi, the Trace wafts you along the route once trod by Andrew Jackson and other frontier figures.
    — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Our planet is running out of unsullied landscapes; save for the polar regions, the frontiers are gone.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • While the creation of Photoshop made that true decades ago, the development of AI technologies marks a new frontier.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Now the justices face a new frontier: Do gun rights extend to dangerous people and dangerous weapons?
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • More than a year into the largest land war since 1945, Europe has yet to get serious about defending its eastern frontier.
    — A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2023
  • Languages often serve as frontiers; images cut across them.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • That’s a sobering reminder that the final frontier remains an exclusive and elusive place for members of our species.
    — George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Back in the early 1700s, though, western Pennsylvania was the distant frontier.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Walker's properties have brought new panache to the region while paying tribute to its rugged frontier heritage.
    — David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In a few short years, the frenzy had transformed Seattle from a frontier town into a metropolitan hub.
    — Longreads, 4 May 2023
  • Across the border, Israel’s bombardment edges closer to some two million people hemmed in between the southern Gazan city of Rafah and Egypt’s frontier.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Breeding practices that produce faster horses but perhaps increase the risk of other health problems is the next big frontier that needs to be addressed.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 5 May 2023

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