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Example Sentences
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Inside a large warehouse on the outskirts of Copenhagen, cases of rock samples are stacked floor to ceiling.
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The fire-damaged building, on the outskirts of Newton Stewart, has since been demolished.
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On an industrial estate on the outskirts of Birkenhead on Merseyside, an English company is helping to shape the future of shopping.
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JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.
Hammond, who now lives on the outskirts of the city near Solihull, said she protected her weekends to spend time with her son.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
