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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Our three buddy heroes end almost every episode in a hug, while suitors circle the periphery.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Health care providers, after years of building on the periphery where land was cheaper and easier to obtain, continue to look for ways to get closer to customers and relieve pressure on their overcrowded emergency rooms.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 5 July 2025
Its neighborhoods stretch to the peripheries of the 66-square-mile city and push into the foothills of the Santa Ana mountains.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Built in 1970, the City Operations Building, or COB, is on the western periphery of the city of San Diego’s downtown Civic Center compound.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Health care providers, after years of building on the periphery where land was cheaper and easier to obtain, continue to look for ways to get closer to customers and relieve pressure on their overcrowded emergency rooms.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 5 July 2025
Its neighborhoods stretch to the peripheries of the 66-square-mile city and push into the foothills of the Santa Ana mountains.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Built in 1970, the City Operations Building, or COB, is on the western periphery of the city of San Diego’s downtown Civic Center compound.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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