outskirt
noun
out·skirt
ˈau̇t-ˌskərt 
: a part remote from the center : border
—usually used in plural
on the outskirts of town
Examples of outskirt in a Sentence
some people prefer to live on the outskirts and work inside the city
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On the outskirts of Los Angeles, where the scars and scorched landscape from wildfires remain, uncertainty keeps rising.
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 13 June 2025
By observing how stars move around and how their light appears shifted as a result, Rubin and Ford found that the stars on the outskirts were moving just as fast as the ones closer in.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
Many lived on the outskirts of southern Israeli kibbutzim and towns, the first places overrun in the attack.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
Many of the agricultural workers lived in compounds on the outskirts of southern Israeli kibbutzim and towns, and Hamas militants overran those places first.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 13 June 2025
By observing how stars move around and how their light appears shifted as a result, Rubin and Ford found that the stars on the outskirts were moving just as fast as the ones closer in.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
Many lived on the outskirts of southern Israeli kibbutzim and towns, the first places overrun in the attack.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
Many of the agricultural workers lived in compounds on the outskirts of southern Israeli kibbutzim and towns, and Hamas militants overran those places first.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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