outskirt

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noun out·skirt \ˈau̇t-ˌskərt\

Definition of outskirt

: a part remote from the center : border —usually used in plural on the outskirts of town

Recent Examples of outskirt from the Web

Not far from the outskirts of Pearland stands the Sri Meenakshi Temple, its cream walls and wedding-cake lintels of Hindu gods rising above the flatlands.

— simon montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, "Suburbia's new face", 4 June 2017
Five years ago: A Dana Air MD-83 jetliner carrying 153 people crashed on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and at least 10 people on the ground.

— associated press, Washington Post, "Today in History", 3 June 2017
Portland already has special permission for speed-enforcing cameras along stretches of the Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, Southeast 122nd Avenue between Foster Road and Powell Boulevard, and on the outskirts of Southeast Division Street.

— gordon r. friedman, OregonLive.com, "Drivers beware: Red light cameras may soon ticket speeders", 1 June 2017
The eight dead men, most of them shot in the head and some with hands tied behind their backs, were laborers who were stopped by the militants on the outskirts of Marawi City while trying to flee clashes, according to police.

— NBC News, "Bodies of Civilians Dumped Near Marawi, Philippines After ISIS Clashes", 28 May 2017
Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and supporters of an ultranationalist Buddhist group gathered at an annual conference on the outskirts of Myanmar’s biggest city on Saturday despite being banned by the government.

— the associated press, The Seattle Times, "Nationalist Buddhist group gathers in Myanmar despite ban", 27 May 2017
Granrud is the curator of the organization Vaught spearheaded—the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, a museum-style memorial on the outskirts of Arlington National Cemetery.

— National Geographic, "The Woman Behind the Only National Memorial for Female Vets", 25 May 2017
Mondrian started out here as a naturalistic painter of Dutch landscapes, working to capture the town’s pastoral outskirts, often including farmers and their animals, in subdued color and muted light.

— nina siegal, New York Times, "Mondrian’s World: From Primary Colors to the Boogie Woogie", 24 May 2017
A dirty bomb set off on the Beltway, or on the outskirts of any city, would be a disaster.

— steven johnson, WIRED, "Stopping Loose Nukes", 1 Nov. 2002

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