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periphery

[puh-rif-uh-ree] / pəˈrɪf ə ri /


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Appeared in the May 6, 2026, print edition as 'On the Periphery of ‘Pride and Prejudice’'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Soberones’ group calls itself Women of the Periphery for the Periphery and does performance art to call attention to violence against women.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2019

A number of acts who have released multiple albums are finally earning their first Grammy nomination, including Demi Lovato, Solange, Blink-182, twenty one pilots, Chance the Rapper, Baroness, Gojira and Periphery.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2016

The result: underground metal luminaries Baroness, French metal band Gojira and prog-metal band Periphery rose from the depths.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2016

A Periphery is made by the turning about of a line, the one end thereof standing still, and the other drawing the line.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William




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