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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Although wildfires scorch, storms rage and earthquakes shake all around the periphery of the film’s plot, these two lonely, early-middle-aged souls can’t stop their feelings despite clear impediments to true love like — oops!
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Roy, however, examines the fiction and letters Woolf composed when he was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a colonial magistrate at the outer periphery of the British empire.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis spoke with clarity about the essentials of faith, mercy, joy, human dignity, and the urgency of going out to the peripheries.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
On top of the aforementioned list of states, there are also a number of them percolating on the periphery as multiple Senate Republicans look at possible gubernatorial runs, headlined by Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.).
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2025
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Roy, however, examines the fiction and letters Woolf composed when he was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a colonial magistrate at the outer periphery of the British empire.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis spoke with clarity about the essentials of faith, mercy, joy, human dignity, and the urgency of going out to the peripheries.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
On top of the aforementioned list of states, there are also a number of them percolating on the periphery as multiple Senate Republicans look at possible gubernatorial runs, headlined by Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.).
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 2 Jun. 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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