periphery
/pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/ noun C1- The outside boundary, parts or surface of something. · The suburbs are a city's periphery.
- A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
- The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.
Plural peripheries
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Families flocked to burgeoning residential developments on the periphery, trading the dense urban core for spacious lawns and private driveways.
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