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outskirts

noun as in edge of a geographic area

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The body of Nathan Osman, 30, was found at the foot of a remote cliff on the outskirts of Benidorm less than 24 hours after he arrived on holiday with friends in September.

From BBC

On Thursday Jones and Drakeford visited Airbus's complex on the outskirts of Newport, which provides security systems for the Ministry of Defence and other private companies.

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The project involved moving millions of tonnes of contaminated waste to Deene Quarry, on the outskirts of the town.

From BBC

Uranus and Neptune are hard to spot without a telescope, as both planets are blue and orbit in the dim outskirts of the solar system.

Mourners dressed in black flocked to a stadium on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital on Sunday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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