outskirt
noun
out·skirt
ˈau̇t-ˌskərt 
: a part remote from the center : border
—usually used in plural
on the outskirts of town
Examples of outskirt in a Sentence
some people prefer to live on the outskirts and work inside the city
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Associated Press journalists saw a convoy believed to be carrying Witkoff leave the Omani Foreign Ministry on Saturday afternoon and then speed off into the outskirts of Muscat.
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Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2025
The two sides spoke for more than two hours on the outskirts of the Omani capital, Muscat, ending around 5:50 p.m.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
In addition, there’s a banner hanging from construction fencing on the outskirts of the property.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2025
Rogers was from an upper-middle-class household in the white hamlet of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.
—Gayle F. Wald, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2025
The two sides spoke for more than two hours on the outskirts of the Omani capital, Muscat, ending around 5:50 p.m.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
In addition, there’s a banner hanging from construction fencing on the outskirts of the property.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2025
Rogers was from an upper-middle-class household in the white hamlet of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.
—Gayle F. Wald, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outskirt
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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