Definition of outskirt
: a part remote from the center : border —usually used in plural on the outskirts of town
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Nolan's family has attended Mass at the Roman Catholic Church since it was founded on the outskirts of the city in 1857.
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Bucktail Medical Center, a one-story building on the outskirts of town, doubles as the local nursing home.
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Massive factories on the outskirts of town churn out parts for Hyundai.
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The once marshy area lay on the outskirts of town and could be seen from a distance, says Marilynne Roach, a Watertown, Massachusetts, researcher and author of the book Six Women of Salem.
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Airbus, headquartered on the outskirts of Toulouse, France, has long been close to the French government, which like Germany owns 11 percent of the company.
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The white people have their own school, Ms Haymer says matter-of-factly, referring to a private Christian academy on the outskirts of town.
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Bockelman traced the history of sports stadiums to ancient times, when megastructures like the Roman Colosseum were located in the middle of a city, to mid-20th century America, when they were located on the outskirts.
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Most black South Africans, who make up more than 80 percent of the population of about 55 million, rely on minibus taxis for transport, a legacy of apartheid which forced non-whites to live on the outskirts of cities.
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First Known Use of outskirt
circa 1599
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