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the outlying areas of the city
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Quake-prone Japan's four main islands and its outlying islands sit on five major and minor tectonic plates on the Earth's crust—Amur, Okhotsk, Pacific, Philippine Sea, and Okinawa—which are slowly moving, and earthquakes are concentrated along their boundaries.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Iran’s capital and outlying provinces have faced rolling power blackouts for weeks in October and November, with electricity cuts disrupting people’s lives and businesses.
—Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2024
To sprinkle black children among white pupils in outlying schools is at best a stop-gap measure.
—Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
And with more to do both in the heart of the city and in newly popular outlying neighborhoods, many people are staying longer.
—Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Iran’s capital and outlying provinces have faced rolling power blackouts for weeks in October and November, with electricity cuts disrupting people’s lives and businesses.
—Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2024
To sprinkle black children among white pupils in outlying schools is at best a stop-gap measure.
—Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
And with more to do both in the heart of the city and in newly popular outlying neighborhoods, many people are staying longer.
—Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Outlying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlying. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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outlying
adjective
out·ly·ing
ˈau̇t-ˌlī-iŋ 
: being far from a center or main body
an outlying suburb
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