Examples of outlying in a Sentence
the outlying areas of the city
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Japan—a key United States ally in the Indo-Pacific—has completed the deployment of its U.S.-made Osprey aircraft fleet, bolstering the defense of its outlying islands near China.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The pounding rain intensified around the Chinese capital on Monday, killing 28 people in Miyun, an outlying mountainous suburb in the city’s northeast home to more than half a million people; another two were killed in Yanqing, also in the city’s north, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
While much of the focus, understandably, has been on Camp Mystic, the affected area is much broader, and some of the outlying communities, including Hunt, have had to make do with fewer official resources.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
As a result, providing ways to manage these feelings without misusing drugs—and without pathologizing those with outlying traits—can be a powerful way to support healthy development.
—Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The pounding rain intensified around the Chinese capital on Monday, killing 28 people in Miyun, an outlying mountainous suburb in the city’s northeast home to more than half a million people; another two were killed in Yanqing, also in the city’s north, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
While much of the focus, understandably, has been on Camp Mystic, the affected area is much broader, and some of the outlying communities, including Hunt, have had to make do with fewer official resources.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
As a result, providing ways to manage these feelings without misusing drugs—and without pathologizing those with outlying traits—can be a powerful way to support healthy development.
—Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
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“Outlying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlying. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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outlying
adjective
out·ly·ing
ˈau̇t-ˌlī-iŋ 
: being far from a center or main body
an outlying suburb
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