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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Video shows corpses outside capital Meanwhile, video circulating online purports to show dozens of bodies in a morgue on the outskirts of Iran’s capital.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Midad Real Estate unveiled plans for a $827 million Four Seasons hotel and private residences in the Diriyah cultural district on the outskirts of Riyadh, in the latest sign of the developer’s increasing ambition.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Some villages on the outskirts of the capital have been without electricity for four days and people have taken to the streets to block roads in protest.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
In the early hours of Saturday, January 3, a man living on the outskirts of Caracas heard explosions.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Midad Real Estate unveiled plans for a $827 million Four Seasons hotel and private residences in the Diriyah cultural district on the outskirts of Riyadh, in the latest sign of the developer’s increasing ambition.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Some villages on the outskirts of the capital have been without electricity for four days and people have taken to the streets to block roads in protest.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
In the early hours of Saturday, January 3, a man living on the outskirts of Caracas heard explosions.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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