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periphery

noun as in outskirts, outer edge

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When the Americans were humbled by the Europeans two years ago, DeChambeau was even further on the periphery than he was at Whistling Straits.

From BBC

Other attendees, lounging on cushions throughout the boutique, gazed down at their e-readers but peeked as cats bounced around like pinballs in their periphery.

During his 12 years as pontiff, Francis visited 68 countries on 47 foreign trips, often choosing destinations on the world's margins, which he described as the Church's "peripheries".

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Among the small piles of clothes scattered across Thomas’ furniture, with word that there’s a closet upstairs housing so much more, a statement Anna Sui beanie lies in my periphery.

"Many older stores find themselves in parts of town which may have been busy 20 years ago but now find themselves on the periphery."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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