fringes

Example Sentences

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Each personal history is sketched with a revealing touch: Robbie, returned from war, had “loitered, not entirely fruitlessly, on the fringes of the London literary world, until coming to Honor via a family connection.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

We’re seeing the fringes of electronic music rise, and very heavy rock music rise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Crypto has moved from the fringes of the financial world closer to the mainstream, and it isn’t unusual for people to own part of their wealth in bitcoin or other digital assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Once confined to the internet's fringes, conspiracy theories have moved squarely into the mainstream amid growing mistrust of public institutions and traditional media.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

It was a university apartment located on the fringes of the campus.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri