periphery
noun
the external boundary of any surface or area.
peripheries
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pluralof periphery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The return of great-power rivalries, and the perennial challenge of disorder from peripheries beyond government control, has made that task a priority again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
It has seen attacks on its peripheries in recent weeks, but this was the first strike on the settlement itself.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
The observatory may even find the hypothetical Planet Nine, a large world that some astronomers believe is hiding at the solar system’s peripheries.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 9, 2024
The Argentine pontiff has long prioritized visiting Catholic communities in what he calls the peripheries, staying away from the global centers of Catholicism to minister instead to small churches where Catholics are often a minority.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
A Swiss machine for this purpose consists of two disks carrying diamonds in their peripheries, which, being put in rapid revolution, cut parallel grooves in the face of the stone.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
