outskirt
noun
out·skirt
ˈau̇t-ˌskərt 
: a part remote from the center : border
—usually used in plural
on the outskirts of town
Examples of outskirt in a Sentence
some people prefer to live on the outskirts and work inside the city
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For contemporary art, Fondation Louis Vuitton on the outskirts of the city is also essential.
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Hosmer showed up at an apartment complex on the outskirts of Phoenix after signing, ready to begin his professional career.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
An hour earlier, the car park and concourses of the old but charismatic stadium surrounded by desert on the outskirts of Tabuk, a city of just over half a million people in the remote north west of Saudi Arabia close to the Jordanian border, had been empty.
—James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The film around him displays similarly little interest in forcing the matter, even after Mike is released from jail — now sober for seven months — and lands a job as a cook at a low-rent hotel on the outskirts of town.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Hosmer showed up at an apartment complex on the outskirts of Phoenix after signing, ready to begin his professional career.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
An hour earlier, the car park and concourses of the old but charismatic stadium surrounded by desert on the outskirts of Tabuk, a city of just over half a million people in the remote north west of Saudi Arabia close to the Jordanian border, had been empty.
—James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The film around him displays similarly little interest in forcing the matter, even after Mike is released from jail — now sober for seven months — and lands a job as a cook at a low-rent hotel on the outskirts of town.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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