Examples of periphery in a Sentence
the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard
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The reality may be trickier for others on the sports periphery, including fans or coaches in less prominent sports.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Constrained by societal conventions that historically relegated women’s participation in sport to the periphery, female cricketers persevered.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
So do the men in Shula’s family, who keep to the periphery of the film but still manage to exert their will (an extension of the pall that Uncle Fred manages to cast over this story from the afterlife).
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
There’s a pleasing trilogy symmetry in Haugerud’s focus for the first time here exclusively on female desire, with men relegated to the periphery.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Constrained by societal conventions that historically relegated women’s participation in sport to the periphery, female cricketers persevered.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
So do the men in Shula’s family, who keep to the periphery of the film but still manage to exert their will (an extension of the pall that Uncle Fred manages to cast over this story from the afterlife).
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
There’s a pleasing trilogy symmetry in Haugerud’s focus for the first time here exclusively on female desire, with men relegated to the periphery.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for periphery
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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periphery
noun
pe·riph·ery
pə-ˈrif-(ə-)rē 
plural peripheries
1
: the boundary or surface of a body or figure
2
: the outer or outermost part
Medical Definition
periphery
noun
pe·riph·ery
pə-ˈrif-(ə-)rē
plural peripheries
1
: the outward bounds of something as distinguished from its internal regions or center
2
: the regions (as the sense organs, the muscles, or the viscera) in which nerves terminate
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