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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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The image was snapped at a slight angle, concealing the fact that numerous rings are bunched together at the center, and the inter-ring spacing grows larger on the periphery.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
As their romance inches towards its predictable conclusion, the more intriguing characters who populate Primeval’s periphery—where a web of allegiances, compromises, and betrayals echoes our current state of sociopolitical chaos—fade into a fog of gunpowder.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
The list doesn't include the food court and spots on the periphery such as Paula Deen's and Olive Garden.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 27 Nov. 2024
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.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
As their romance inches towards its predictable conclusion, the more intriguing characters who populate Primeval’s periphery—where a web of allegiances, compromises, and betrayals echoes our current state of sociopolitical chaos—fade into a fog of gunpowder.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
The list doesn't include the food court and spots on the periphery such as Paula Deen's and Olive Garden.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 27 Nov. 2024
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.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Periphery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periphery. Accessed 10 Feb. 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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