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the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard
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No matter the result in this circus mashup of sports and entertainment, Tyson’s place in boxing history will always be safe and Paul’s place in boxing history will also be on the freak-show periphery.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Just as something catches your gaze, another calls from the periphery.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
For the first 17 years of her life, even the essence of stripping — dancing freely, revealing some skin, listening to modern music — was well past the periphery of Swartzentruber's reality.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Today, art’s center is everywhere, its periphery nowhere.
—Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Just as something catches your gaze, another calls from the periphery.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
For the first 17 years of her life, even the essence of stripping — dancing freely, revealing some skin, listening to modern music — was well past the periphery of Swartzentruber's reality.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Today, art’s center is everywhere, its periphery nowhere.
—Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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 30 Jan. 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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