outskirts
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noun
1.
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.
2.
Usually, outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like: the outskirts of respectability.
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| —pl n | |
| (sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city | |
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Outskirts
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
There's a big parking lot on the outskirts for those arriving by car.
But the writer points out that much of the life of the city takes place on its outskirts, instead of inside it.
It is those who are on the outskirts who end up quarreling over details.
Though located in a nondescript light-industrial park on the northern outskirts of the city, it's well worth the trip.
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