Examples of periphery in a Sentence
the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard
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The most potent moments tend to occur on the periphery of the action, in snippets featuring the billionaires’ downstairs courtier class, the assistants and lawyers who hustle at the corners of Hugo’s mansion.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
New fire ignitions will be possible due to the frequent lightning strikes observed, especially on the periphery of the storm.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2025
Businesses fled the city’s downtown for more affluent business districts on the periphery.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 May 2025
Armstrong is both uninterested in narrative consequences for his targets and content to remain on the periphery, simply making the same observation over and over again, as if that has meaning in the end.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
New fire ignitions will be possible due to the frequent lightning strikes observed, especially on the periphery of the storm.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2025
Businesses fled the city’s downtown for more affluent business districts on the periphery.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 May 2025
Armstrong is both uninterested in narrative consequences for his targets and content to remain on the periphery, simply making the same observation over and over again, as if that has meaning in the end.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for periphery
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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periphery
noun
pe·riph·ery
pə-ˈrif-(ə-)rē 
plural peripheries
1
: the boundary or surface of a body or figure
2
: the outer or outermost part
Medical Definition
periphery
noun
pe·riph·ery
pə-ˈrif-(ə-)rē
plural peripheries
1
: the outward bounds of something as distinguished from its internal regions or center
2
: the regions (as the sense organs, the muscles, or the viscera) in which nerves terminate
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