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as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the city and its environs total about a million in population
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as in vicinity
an adjoining region or space
you can get just about any kind of ethnic food in the environs of the university
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as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
growing up in the environs of the big city endowed him with a certain urbanity
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as in surrounds
to form a circle around
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
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“Environs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environs. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.
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