Synonyms for outskirts
out·skirts

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1. outskirts

   Synonyms:
   border, outpost, purlieu, environs, precincts

   Antonyms:
   interior, centre, bulk, body, mass, heart

Princeton's WordNet

1. outskirtsnoun

   outlying areas (as of a city or town)

   "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"

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1. List of paraphrases for "outskirts":

   suburbs, grass-lands, environs, peripheries, surroundings, fringes

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1. Himanshu Agarwal:

   We worked with a developer, in the outskirts of Delhi, who was struggling with 40% unsold inventory. They used our systems and they've cleared out all stock. This happened in the past six months.

2. Ali Dalel Hirsi:

   (The American was caught) this morning on the outskirts of Barawe town.

3. Abdul Qader Malia:

   The Taliban launched violent attacks on the outskirts of( provincial capital) Sheberghan this week and during heavy clashes a pro-government militia forces' commander loyal to Dustom was killed.

4. Sharfan Darwish:

   There is news about many Daesh (IS) members escaping and evacuating some areas of Manbij and booby-trapping them, our forces are now on the outskirts of the city. The campaign continues.

5. Thomas Cristofoletti:

   Even if traditional grand bazaars continue to be the favorite places to shop for regular Iranians, they now face competition from huge shopping malls, which were erected in the outskirts of major cities across the country.