Meaning & use
Peripheries
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The outer edges, boundaries, or surrounding areas of something, as opposed to its center.
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New housing developments continue to spread into the city's peripheries.
The debate remained on the peripheries of mainstream political discussion for years.
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"Peripheries" is the plural of "periphery," from the Greek peripherein, "to carry around," originally referring to the circumference of a circle.
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