How to Use on the fringe(s) in a Sentence

on the fringe(s)

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  • Gospel house at the time existed on the fringes of club land.
    Cliff Joannou, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • Bonucci had been, in truth, on the fringes of the Juve first team.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Hare was later found on the fringe road around mile post 312.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • And on the fringe of the mountains, the area is home to bears, deer and rabbits.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Those who think otherwise, even now, are seen as being on the fringes.
    Terry Tang, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
  • With that, it's been tough for drivers on the fringe of the sport -- even those with budgets -- to find a ride.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2023
  • His escape shot flew past the pin and settled on the fringe, 16 feet away from the hole.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
  • But their activities on the fringes of the law have their share of hurdles.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • On top of that, their food was already on the fringes by virtue of being vegan.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 4 June 2020
  • Ideas that were once on the fringes are today brought together as movements.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In the eyes of mainstream fund managers, impact investors were on the fringe.
    The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • For Richards, Nitschke exists on the fringe of the right-to-die debate.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Penguins nesting on the fringes of the colony had longer, deeper sleeps than those in the middle.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Watanabe’s journey is the kind of tale that can only be found on the fringes of the Olympics.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 29 July 2021
  • However, there are a number of players on the fringe who may need to have strong camps to secure their spot.
    Mike Defabo, New York Times, 22 July 2025
  • On the first drive of the second half, the Bengals had 3rd and 13 on the fringe of field goal range.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Two men in their 20s rested in a shelter on the fringes of Agadez one recent morning.
    Elian Peltier Carmen Abd Ali, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In the photograph’s pinprick sharpness, the few big houses that survive stand out on the fringe of hills at the edge of town.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
  • Players like Brown and Terry Taylor appear to be more on the fringe.
    Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The fact Mittelstadt isn’t a rental could drive interest for teams on the fringes of the playoff picture.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • That may be something that can get the best out of Spence, and probably some of the other players who are on the fringes as well.
    The View From The Lane, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • Carlos Vela's kick bounced out to Kellyn Acosta on the fringes of the 18-yard box.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The film was viewed more than 2 million times on Twitter, and many more posts linked to it on the fringe video platform Rumble.
    WIRED, 16 Jan. 2023
  • When the season ended, De La Cruz wasn’t even on the fringe of the Reds’ top-30 prospect list.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 June 2023
  • Today, Thompson said, Jamaican food remains on the fringes of the British dining scene.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That would suggest that Prescott merely hovers on the fringe of being good enough to lead his team to a Super Bowl.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • And Sutton sits in a fluid space, on the fringes of presenting a resume as a WR1.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
  • Lodge’s description of Berkeley and the left lean of its students on the fringe would be a worthy stand-in for the Berkeley of today.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • New York City is included in the winter storm watch, though the city will be right on the fringe of heavier snow to the north and much lesser amounts to the south.
    Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • These are those prospects between the ages of 18 and 21 who are on the fringes of the first-team squad, but capable of contributing when required.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 6 June 2025

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