outskirts

Example Sentences

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But in many indigenous settlements on the outskirts, roads are potholed, classrooms overcrowded, clinics understaffed, electricity unreliable and residents lack secure land titles.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The company has partnered with Welsh charity Stump up for Trees and its tree nursery on the outskirts of Abergavenny.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

"We’ve kept the animals inside since September 9," said Giorgos Xenitidis, a 59-year-old livestock farmer in the outskirts of Thessaloniki.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

There’s treasure inside a low-slung building on the outskirts of Casper, Wyo.—roughly $11.6 million in state-owned gold bars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Not in the town, where all that was natural had long been sacrificed, but on its outskirts, one could still see the passing of the seasons.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya