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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Eyewitnesses told Reuters the rioters included young men from Honiara's outskirt settlements which have no running water.
From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2021
Poor of money and spirit, the men and women cordoned into this social outskirt grow violent and defensive, resulting in gripping episodes of unforced irony.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2019
Earlier this month, Eugene Hütz of Gogol Bordello slapped a sticker on his acoustic guitar that declared his native Ukraine, “not an outskirt but a center.”
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2014
In Cambodia, we're seeing more road crashes in outskirt areas, where there are more trucks and speeding.
From Time • Apr. 14, 2011
I connected the two lines and the caller immediately began making plans for the rendezvous of two regiments, a clandestine operation to outskirt the German units near the north of France.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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