as in perimeter
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
an old shack on the skirts of the town
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as in to circumvent
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations
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as in to join
to be adjacent to
the commercial district skirts the river's edge
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as in to border
to serve as a border for
the wooden fence that skirts the construction site
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Recent Examples of skirt
Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Dress them up with trousers and skirts, or pair them with wide-leg jeans for casual outings.
—Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Missourians love their Katy Trail State Park, the former railroad track turned pancake-flat trail stretches some 240 miles across the state, skirting the river, winding through farmlands, and passing through other small towns.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Wang greets me in a white sweater and a cream checkerboard skirt on the restaurant’s ground floor, lively with customers yet intimate with the amber glow of tasseled lamps.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Dress them up with trousers and skirts, or pair them with wide-leg jeans for casual outings.
—Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
Verb
The technology, which gets deployed across the firm’s warehouse base, could potentially lead to Amazon skirting as much as 600,000 hirings by 2033.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Missourians love their Katy Trail State Park, the former railroad track turned pancake-flat trail stretches some 240 miles across the state, skirting the river, winding through farmlands, and passing through other small towns.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirt
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Layering treatments inside and outside the immediate perimeter, as well as further into the yard, ensures that no entry point goes unattended.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The film will include exclusive witness testimony, expert forensic analysis, and detailed graphic reconstructions that track the moment the thieves infiltrated the museum’s perimeter and vanished with the priceless treasure.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The provision would close a loophole from the 2018 farm bill that has allowed unregulated THC products to be sold nationwide, bypassing state cannabis laws.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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And Song felt steadfast support from A24, who gave the film a commercial summer release — unlike Past Lives, Materialists bypassed festivals — and didn’t intervene with her vision.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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This same method is being used to circumvent current sanctions, said sources in Myanmar who spoke to the Herald on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the junta.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The book explained how to calculate interest rates, circumvent the Church’s usury laws, apportion profits, and assess revenues and costs.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even as federal funding resumes, local colleges, businesses and nonprofits are joining county agencies in maintaining relief efforts for as long as Sacramento-area residents need them.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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In 2017, Nepal joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s vast infrastructure investment program.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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The Louisville airport is only a 10-minute drive from the city's downtown, which sits on the river bordering the Indiana state line.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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The east side district, bordering the Pointes, includes neighborhoods such as East English Village, Morningside and Jefferson Chalmers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The measure appears to have been the least favored around the southeastern edge of the county, an area that was originally supposed to get access to the silver line.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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These changes, as well as, wearing bangs were a major key to keeping her edges strong.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Flyers should try to mitigate any headaches from delays and cancellations by avoiding booking flights with layovers, the non-profit US Public Interest Research Group says, and opt to make reservations directly with the airline rather than a third-party website.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the government is now forced to sell even more oil on the black market at a discount to evade US government sanctions, one of the economists in Caracas told CNN.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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George Washington pardoned some of those involved in the Whiskey Rebellion, while Jimmy Carter granted a blanket pardon to people who had evaded service in the Vietnam War.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Skirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirt. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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