Definition of outlying
:remote from a center or main body
- outlying areas
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the outlying areas of the city
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The service will begin Thursday, Aug. 24, in 11 Zip code areas of the two cities and outlying areas of rural Ada County.
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Meanwhile, several businesses in recent years have moved to Milwaukee's downtown area from outlying locations, including Dohmen & Co., which left Woodland Prime, and Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP, which relocated from Park Place.
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Most staff, including around 300 U.S. citizens, work in the main embassy in Moscow with others based in outlying consulates.
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Nearly half a million residents have been displaced in Marawi and outlying towns by the fighting.
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As Qalqiliya officials await Israeli approval, antsy residents have already begun illegally building concrete structures in outlying farmlands overlooking Israeli communities, even at the risk of being demolished.
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The outlying, specialized chips are known in the industry as accelerators.
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Plans call for ruling party lawmakers and pro-government activists to bus in groups of people from outlying provinces for the speech.
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Plans call for ruling party lawmakers and pro-government activists to bus in groups of people from outlying provinces for the speech.
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: far away from the center of a place
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