PERIPHERIES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

peripheries

noun

plural of periphery

as in edges

the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard

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Recent Examples of peripheries The story of the rest of post-independent India lives far away from the film’s peripheries; Rio’s concerns, instead, are hyper-focused on a local tale of transformation and thorny resilience. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 Lighting the bonfire From the Mediterranean to the northern peripheries of Europe, the summer solstice has long been greeted as a time for rituals to gather luck, tell the future and ward off evil. — Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 The Professional can certainly be understood as a nonlinear narrative of an artist on the peripheries of music, navigating a world far from home with equal parts amusement and bemusement. — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026 But the peripheries of the roster have seen some changes. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Data from the German Aerospace Center, which analyzes global development, cross-referenced with images from ICEYE and Vantor show that buildings making up the peripheries of the cities damaged by this year’s fires mostly sprang up in the 2000s and 2010s. — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026 What if this wastage was taking place, not in postcolonial peripheries, but in the very heart of the Western financial system? — Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026 Francis had largely avoided big, traditionally Catholic European countries during his 12-year pontificate, preferring to visit instead smaller Catholic communities on the peripheries. — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026 In Brazil, Funk Brasilero, a genre deriving from the favelas and peripheries of major cities, has been around for a decade or more now, but deserves to expand beyond the country. — Rosamaria Garces, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2025

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Noun

In places at low to moderate risk of fire, along the edges of flat valleys and lazy hills, growth in the FAIR Plan is ballooning, and it is being used to underwrite new suburban development.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
That cab wore the rough, unmodernized edges of the classic 70 series that still plays by the old rules of off-roading in those countries that so allow.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of edges

Noun

The report concluded that 2,191 homeless people would be displaced if the security perimeters measured a half-mile around venues.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The map above shows the evacuation areas in red and the approximate fire perimeters as a black line.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of perimeters

Noun

Those boundaries have only strengthened the mother-daughter duo’s connection, according to Coco.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Hydra Head Records may have been built on handshakes, artistic freedom and a healthy disregard for conventional genre boundaries, but keeping the thing running was considerably messier.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of boundaries

Noun

Latin America brings its own long history of serialized television drama, rooted in telenovelas that have been produced across the region since the 1950s and have traveled widely across borders.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Migration could serve a way to expand opportunities across borders.

— J. Toby Reiner, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of borders

Noun

But a recent study found that people with larger waist circumferences who ate one avocado daily for six months did not see improvements in blood sugar, insulin levels, or insulin resistance.

— Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 30 June 2026
Its main beams are 27 inches long, with over 5-inch base circumferences.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

Definition of circumferences

Noun

Refiners have been booming this year because of record-setting margins to turn oil into diesel.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
The Bulldogs position receivers on the wide margins of the field, forcing the defense to be spread out and cover ground.

— PJ Green September 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

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