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The CSS border property is used to add a border around text by wrapping the text in an HTML element like <span> or <p>.

Syntax

border: "borderWidth borderStyle colorName;"

Example 1: Adding a border around the text content using CSS.

HTML 
<p>   	The following text has a border     <span style="border: 2px solid green; padding: 10px;">         Text with border     </span> </p>

Output

text-with-border
text with border

Example 2: Adding a border around the text content using CSS.

HTML 
<p style="border: 1px solid green; padding: 10px;            display: inline-block;"> 	Text with border </p>

Output

text-with-border
text with border

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