as in isolated
far away from the center of a place
The family lives in an outlying area of the city. the country's outlying islands
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Recent Examples of outlying
Taiwan usually depends on undersea cables for its internet connections with outlying islands, such as the Penghu Islands, as well as for its connections to the rest of the world.
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Isolated gunfire sounded on Wednesday in some outlying districts of Goma.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Today, Scott is the chief of the Australian Capital Territory’s Rural Fire Service, which oversees Canberra’s outlying regions.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
All-electric EVs predominate in China’s wealthier cities and coastal areas, but in outlying regions—characterized by long-distance drives and scarce public charging—many Chinese buyers are spurning EVs in favor of hybrids, much like their U.S. counterparts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Isolated gunfire sounded on Wednesday in some outlying districts of Goma.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Today, Scott is the chief of the Australian Capital Territory’s Rural Fire Service, which oversees Canberra’s outlying regions.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
All-electric EVs predominate in China’s wealthier cities and coastal areas, but in outlying regions—characterized by long-distance drives and scarce public charging—many Chinese buyers are spurning EVs in favor of hybrids, much like their U.S. counterparts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Outlying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlying. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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