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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Meanwhile, on the outskirts of that galaxy — but far behind it — is a galaxy whose spiral arms appear to stretch and wrap around the closer galaxy, forming a warped ring.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Without home insurance, banks won’t lend and construction won’t start in these predictably combustible areas on the outskirts of our cities and at the edge of nature.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Her neighborhood, Barrio 31, a low-income community on the outskirts of the Argentine capital, is one where the late Pope Francis once tended to parishioners before becoming Latin America’s first pontiff in 2013.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed feelings in a community that’s still living with the toxic legacy of more than a century of steel manufacturing there, The Chesapeake Bay Journal reports.
—Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Without home insurance, banks won’t lend and construction won’t start in these predictably combustible areas on the outskirts of our cities and at the edge of nature.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Her neighborhood, Barrio 31, a low-income community on the outskirts of the Argentine capital, is one where the late Pope Francis once tended to parishioners before becoming Latin America’s first pontiff in 2013.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed feelings in a community that’s still living with the toxic legacy of more than a century of steel manufacturing there, The Chesapeake Bay Journal reports.
—Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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