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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Getty Images The landscape of women’s health is shifting from the periphery to the main stage.
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Priya Oberoi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The highest tap fees are concentrated among towns and cities on the periphery that secured more expensive water rights later and whether by necessity or choice, built their own water and sewer system.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
The host proto-cluster – or group of galaxies in the early stages of formation – that’s home to the jet is on the periphery of our Milky Way galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Protecting the Plaza Bowl In years past, any attempt to breach what is known as the Plaza bowl — with building heights no more than three stories at the center and gradually moving higher toward its periphery — had been met with opposition and even anger.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
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Priya Oberoi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The highest tap fees are concentrated among towns and cities on the periphery that secured more expensive water rights later and whether by necessity or choice, built their own water and sewer system.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
The host proto-cluster – or group of galaxies in the early stages of formation – that’s home to the jet is on the periphery of our Milky Way galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Protecting the Plaza Bowl In years past, any attempt to breach what is known as the Plaza bowl — with building heights no more than three stories at the center and gradually moving higher toward its periphery — had been met with opposition and even anger.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 17 Sep. 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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