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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Their bodies were discovered on the outskirts of Reynosa, a northern Mexican city along the Texas border.
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 30 May 2025
The lawsuit sought to block the company from reopening its shuttered detention center on the outskirts of town without first requesting and receiving permission from local officials.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
The post that el-Fattah shared described the death, nine days earlier, of Hossam Hamed, an inmate at the Tora Maximum Security 2 Prison, on the outskirts of Cairo.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
On the outskirts of a town in northeastern Brazil, a semi-aquatic predator moved along the road near a house.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 30 May 2025
The lawsuit sought to block the company from reopening its shuttered detention center on the outskirts of town without first requesting and receiving permission from local officials.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
The post that el-Fattah shared described the death, nine days earlier, of Hossam Hamed, an inmate at the Tora Maximum Security 2 Prison, on the outskirts of Cairo.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
On the outskirts of a town in northeastern Brazil, a semi-aquatic predator moved along the road near a house.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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