fringe area
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fringe area
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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There is nothing stupid about the hole, with the exception of a few years when they shaved the fringe area down to nothing—any spin on the ball, and there was nothing stopping it.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 8, 2019
Bitcoin vaulted last year from a fringe area of Wall Street interest to the most talked-about asset in the financial world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2018
Regarding albedo hacking, though it has a few enthusiastic supporters, I think it’s a dead-end fringe area.
From Slate • Jan. 19, 2016
We just had some odd fourth downs, fourth and longs in the fringe area.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2012
People who were outside the fringe area would not be affected by the blast, heat or fire.
From In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) by United States. Office of Civil Defense
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