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. Edson Aparecido:

   It started as the so-called imported virus by people living in better conditions, but now that it's gone to the outskirts, you can see what's happening.

2. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Now we also face the possibility of a diplomatic offensive, an attempt to compel us by means of U.N. decisions to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two years. This will lead Islamic extremists to the outskirts of Tel Aviv and the heart of Jerusalem.

3. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab:

   We burned the police station and captured cars. Now, today, there are sporadic exchanges of gunfire between us and the police in the outskirts of the town but we still control the town.

4. Jonathan Davis:

   These telescopes were designed to look for diffuse light around galaxies. Not in the context of dark matter, but you can repurpose the data to look for this glow, [The Dragonfly telescopes] are really good at looking for this high contrast between the really bright galactic center and the really dim outskirts of galaxies.

5. Paul Divakar:

   India has 600,000 villages and almost every village a small pocket on the outskirts is meant for Dalits, this settlement is far from health care centers, banks, schools and other essential services. During times like Covid-19, the aid may not even reach this small pocket.