outskirt
Americannoun
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Often outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like.
to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
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Usually outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like.
the outskirts of respectability.
Etymology
Origin of outskirt
Example Sentences
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The victor will represent California’s 1st Congressional District with its current boundaries, which stretch from the northern outskirts of Sacramento, through Redding to the Oregon border and to Alturas in the state’s northeast corner.
From Los Angeles Times
By late May, several hundred men were sitting on the dark volcanic gravel covering the streets of Murambi village on Goma's northern outskirts, watched over by members of the M23.
From Barron's
The Korean presence is a few dozen senior managers who live in a gated community they built specially on the outskirts of a village a couple of kilometres away.
From BBC
The tundra buggy pulled into its big parking lot on the outskirts of Churchill.
From Literature
The army said it "started the deployment" into Syria's north and east "to secure it under the agreement", adding that forces had reached the outskirts of Hasakeh city, whose province is the Kurds' stronghold.
From Barron's
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