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Shuttle routes typically require riders to switch buses to reach outlying neighborhoods. — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, "Metro buses still on reduced snow schedules while slush brings new driving risks," 12 Feb. 2019 The message for now: Don’t get carried away by one outlying set of trade data. — Mike Bird, WSJ, "The Global Trade Slowdown Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better," 21 Feb. 2019 Wyoming's hunt is in two phases: Sept. 1 opens the season in an outlying area with a quota of 12 bears, and Sept. 15 starts the season in prime grizzly habitat near Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. — Matt Volz, Fox News, "Judge declines to issue quick ruling on protecting grizzlies," 30 Aug. 2018 The same documentation showed that while the #RedForEd movement is well-represented in the state's largest metro areas and outlying counties, there remain rural pockets that don't appear to have a presence in the movement. — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, "Arizona #RedForEd teacher walkout: What we know now," 20 Apr. 2018 Momentum has been building within Mr. Abe’s government for months for the introduction of an aircraft carrier, which advocates say would better enable Japan to defend its outlying islands. — Alastair Gale, WSJ, "Japan Unveils Plan for First Aircraft Carrier Since World War II," 11 Dec. 2018 Highly paid Amazon employees in the city have contributed to steadily rising real estate prices in the city and its outlying suburbs, causing housing costs to surge and leading to the displacement of low-income families. — Gaby Del Valle, Vox, "Amazon HQ2 likely to be split between Crystal City, VA, and Long Island City, NY," 6 Nov. 2018 Bottom line: Don’t just add more requirements. Reevaluate what is most beneficial today and drop the outlying courses. — Mohammed Kloub, The Seattle Times, "Should personal-finance management be taught in school? Readers sound off.," 22 Oct. 2018 Most of those occurred in Benguet and outlying mountain provinces, where about 100 landslides were recorded, with the avalanche in Itogon the largest and deadliest. — Aaron Favila And Joeal Calupitan, Fox News, "Philippine landslide shows poor often live in danger's path," 19 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outlying.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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