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the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard
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Their focus was on controlling the periphery of urban areas.
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Ben Wedeman, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
So much of the discussion was focused on concerns and promises outside the periphery—the most extreme dangers and benefits of AI—rather than on adopting a clear-eyed understanding of the here and now.
—Inioluwa Deborah Raji, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2023
Detainees and advocates have long regarded the boat as a grim vestige of mass incarceration, an enduring symbol of the city’s failures to reform dangerous jails that exist on the periphery of New York, largely out of sight of most residents and tourists.
—Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
Until now, short video clips released by the IDF mostly show tanks and troops operating on the periphery of Gaza, mainly in farmlands and the edges of urban areas.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Even as his business endeavors progressed, Momeni stayed on the periphery of the city’s party circuit, confining his social life to gatherings with close friends at his home or at music festivals.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
Both men grew up on the metropolitan periphery: Joel in Hicksville, Long Island, and Springsteen in Freehold, N.J.
—TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
On either periphery of that little jet of winds, small eddies of vorticity, or spin, were able to roll away.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Stars around a galaxy’s periphery were expected to orbit at a more leisurely pace than those closer in, much like how Neptune meanders around our sun every 165 years while Mercury zips about in 88 days.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
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Ben Wedeman, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
So much of the discussion was focused on concerns and promises outside the periphery—the most extreme dangers and benefits of AI—rather than on adopting a clear-eyed understanding of the here and now.
—Inioluwa Deborah Raji, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2023
Detainees and advocates have long regarded the boat as a grim vestige of mass incarceration, an enduring symbol of the city’s failures to reform dangerous jails that exist on the periphery of New York, largely out of sight of most residents and tourists.
—Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
Until now, short video clips released by the IDF mostly show tanks and troops operating on the periphery of Gaza, mainly in farmlands and the edges of urban areas.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Even as his business endeavors progressed, Momeni stayed on the periphery of the city’s party circuit, confining his social life to gatherings with close friends at his home or at music festivals.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
Both men grew up on the metropolitan periphery: Joel in Hicksville, Long Island, and Springsteen in Freehold, N.J.
—TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
On either periphery of that little jet of winds, small eddies of vorticity, or spin, were able to roll away.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Stars around a galaxy’s periphery were expected to orbit at a more leisurely pace than those closer in, much like how Neptune meanders around our sun every 165 years while Mercury zips about in 88 days.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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Kids Definition
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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