outlying area

Example Sentences

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First you have a kind of broad outlying area — how they’re managing fuel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

The others were found in an outlying area of Port-au-Prince, the capital, on Thursday, local news reports said.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Ulannbaatar confirmed two cases of community transmission on Nov. 9 and another in an outlying area on Thursday.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2020

I would much rather drive to an outlying area to dine or shop.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

By this time, the Science Community was a city of a million inhabitants, with a vast outlying area of farms and gardens.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Bates, Harry