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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That outward growth extends to neighborhoods on the periphery of Nashville and Davidson County.
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Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
On the northern periphery of this heat, the threat for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across the northern Plains and upper Midwest through Tuesday.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
In many instances, the lens's shallow depth of field will obscure loss of contrast around the periphery; a primary reason to use a lens at f/1.8 is to soften backgrounds and isolate a subject after all.
—PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
The Quiet Revolutionaries While legacy pharma players command headlines, a faster, more capital-efficient transformation is underway at the periphery.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
On the northern periphery of this heat, the threat for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across the northern Plains and upper Midwest through Tuesday.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
In many instances, the lens's shallow depth of field will obscure loss of contrast around the periphery; a primary reason to use a lens at f/1.8 is to soften backgrounds and isolate a subject after all.
—PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
The Quiet Revolutionaries While legacy pharma players command headlines, a faster, more capital-efficient transformation is underway at the periphery.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 30 Jul. 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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