Definition of outlying
: remote from a center or main body outlying areas
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Examples of outlying in a Sentence
the outlying areas of the city
Recent Examples of outlying from the Web
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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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While most G20 summits are held in outlying areas, AFP reports that Merkel was forced to hold this year’s summit in the busy city of Hamburg due to logistical constraints.
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According to Felt, since the Growth Management Act went into effect, there has been a dramatic shift in residential building permits away from outlying and rural areas toward the biggest cities.
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Route #1 circulates downtown and good to know if parking in any outlying parking locations.
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Because of home rule, the outlying communities think the city's problems are its own to solve.
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And Republican Rep. George Holding’s district, which covers most of Wake County and some outlying areas, will see an additional 97,400 people lose coverage.
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First Known Use of outlying
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OUTLYING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of outlying for English Language Learners
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: far away from the center of a place
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