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
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Because of the large number of participants — seven men and two women are on trial in those proceedings, attended by an array of judges, lawyers and court officials — a new temporary courtroom had to be built on the city outskirts to handle the trial.
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Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
Then, last week, a cargo train hailing from the outskirts of Mexico City rumbled into Ciudad Juárez with hundreds of men, women and children atop its boxcars.
—USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024
On the outskirts of De Soto, 70-year-old Wanda Riedhart wrenched open the wobbly aluminum door that scrapes the concrete pad at her home — a single-bedroom rental inside one of 164 concrete, barracks-like houses at Clearview Village.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2024
Just one comparable weapon has been excavated in Spain, on the outskirts of Córdoba.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Snyder’s grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948 as a tiny stand with a pioneering drive-thru speaker system on what were then the rural outskirts of Los Angeles.
—Savannah Sellers, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
The Post was permitted to attend the event at New Life, a modest church on the rural outskirts of Greenville.
—Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
By some counts, there are now as many as 2,000 bodegas, delis and smoke shops illegally selling cannabis products from the north Bronx to the outskirts of Queens — roughly 50 for every licensed seller.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Once the Captain, the General, and Bon settle on the grimy outskirts of Los Angeles, the seven-part series gives us noirish episodes devoted to the bloody missions our hero carries out on behalf of his real and fake superiors.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
Then, last week, a cargo train hailing from the outskirts of Mexico City rumbled into Ciudad Juárez with hundreds of men, women and children atop its boxcars.
—USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024
On the outskirts of De Soto, 70-year-old Wanda Riedhart wrenched open the wobbly aluminum door that scrapes the concrete pad at her home — a single-bedroom rental inside one of 164 concrete, barracks-like houses at Clearview Village.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2024
Just one comparable weapon has been excavated in Spain, on the outskirts of Córdoba.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Snyder’s grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948 as a tiny stand with a pioneering drive-thru speaker system on what were then the rural outskirts of Los Angeles.
—Savannah Sellers, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
The Post was permitted to attend the event at New Life, a modest church on the rural outskirts of Greenville.
—Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
By some counts, there are now as many as 2,000 bodegas, delis and smoke shops illegally selling cannabis products from the north Bronx to the outskirts of Queens — roughly 50 for every licensed seller.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Once the Captain, the General, and Bon settle on the grimy outskirts of Los Angeles, the seven-part series gives us noirish episodes devoted to the bloody missions our hero carries out on behalf of his real and fake superiors.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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