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 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 Working from the peripheries, the project creates space for people to tell their own stories, celebrating cultural diversity while fostering intercultural and intergenerational dialogue. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 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 As a result, most houses are getting built in the areas where circumventing these dynamics is easiest, such as far urban peripheries. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 If life lingers on the peripheries of our world, maybe there’s a chance that life exists elsewhere in the universe. —

quantamagazine.org, 26 Sep. 2024

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Noun

The big winner is expected to be hard-right party Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, which is aiming for working-class, former Labor strongholds in England’s north and on London’s outer edges with its anti-establishment, anti-immigration message.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The trio is still enthralled by the pointed edges of post-punk that serve as the skeleton of most of their tracks.

— David Glickman, Pitchfork, 7 May 2026