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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Meanwhile, heavy rain fell late Friday and early Saturday in outlying parts of the Washington area, according to the National Weather Service.
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Main Street typically gets all the glory as Middletown’s economic hub, but a new trend has emerged lately that puts a development emphasis on some of the city’s outlying areas.
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Jackie's Place is an old-school diner with an Alaska twist and a strong hat tip to our other outlying state, Hawaii.
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The graphic below highlights some of the data associated with the study, including values for specific outlying countries.
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While many districts have seen a decline in enrollment as parents put their kids in charter schools or move to outlying subdivisions, enrollment has been stable in Alamo Heights.
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The groves are either protective forests that lie uphill from the village, or groups of mature trees surrounding outlying churches, monuments or other works of religious art.
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Today three outlying wineries are the biggest draw: August Ridge Vineyards, Château Margene Estate Vineyard & Winery and Shadow Run Vineyards.
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After the storm scores of dead monkeys were washed up on it from a research station on an outlying island.
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First Known Use of outlying
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: far away from the center of a place
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