outlying

Example Sentences

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Outlying islands were put on high alert, it added.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

Minor Outlying Islands that is protected by the Nature Conservancy and the U.S.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024

According to the report, one site west of NAS Whidbey Island’s Outlying Field Coupeville and one site near Port Townsend City Hall saw average noise levels higher than previously modeled.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Outlying communities were accessible only by foot, he said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2021

Outlying parties of the British were attacked and cut off, and recruits once more began to come in to the Continental army.

From Hero Tales from American History by Roosevelt, Theodore