Examples of periphery in a Sentence
the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard
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Dibling and Barry spent the half on the periphery.
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
As the New York Knicks gear up for a potential NBA Finals bid in 2025-26, team president Leon Rose is tinkering around the periphery of his roster.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
When the photographer Mary Ellen Mark arrived in New York City, in 1966, one of her strategies for finding arresting images was to attend parades and other large gatherings, seeking out subjects not in the main flow of the action but on the periphery.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
In terms of how the oral medicine works, JOURNAVX provides relief by blocking pain signals found in the periphery, not in the brain, like traditional opioids.
—Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
As the New York Knicks gear up for a potential NBA Finals bid in 2025-26, team president Leon Rose is tinkering around the periphery of his roster.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
When the photographer Mary Ellen Mark arrived in New York City, in 1966, one of her strategies for finding arresting images was to attend parades and other large gatherings, seeking out subjects not in the main flow of the action but on the periphery.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
In terms of how the oral medicine works, JOURNAVX provides relief by blocking pain signals found in the periphery, not in the brain, like traditional opioids.
—Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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periphery
noun
pe·riph·ery
pə-ˈrif-(ə-)rē 
plural peripheries
1
: the boundary or surface of a body or figure
2
: the outer or outermost part
Medical Definition
periphery
noun
pe·riph·ery
pə-ˈrif-(ə-)rē
plural peripheries
1
: the outward bounds of something as distinguished from its internal regions or center
2
: the regions (as the sense organs, the muscles, or the viscera) in which nerves terminate
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