How to Use periphery in a Sentence

periphery

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  • Williams is still viewed as a prospect on the periphery.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 June 2022
  • There are more chairs around the periphery of the room and all of the monitors.
    — Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Food is just steps away at food carts on the periphery.
    — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Jessie Baylin has been on the periphery of fame for more than half her life.
    — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Three players were on the periphery of pro football in the fall of 2023.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • On darker skin tones, the bumps may be a dark shade of red or light purple around the periphery.
    — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022
  • At the periphery of the proceedings, Martens cleared his throat and began to pace.
    — Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Street food culture came from there, and the idea of the one-stall special, which evolved around the periphery of temples.
    — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In the early 1950s, Brunn moved from the periphery of her brother’s career to the center of her own.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • That is, unless the person in Lane 9 is leading and has no one in her periphery.
    — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The plantains are cut like fries, which to me aren’t as effective as slices, but that’s periphery.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 10 June 2022
  • Atop the heat dome is the jet stream, marking the southern periphery of cooler weather.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • For many years, Shaw worked on the periphery of Hollywood.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Months turned into years and John and Grace remained on the periphery of each other's lives.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The birds on the periphery must be more vigilant for predators, which exacts a cost.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • With astonishing speed, the pack scarfs it down, while warthogs, vultures, and jackals wait in the periphery for the scraps.
    — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There were going to be changes on the periphery, but no substantial change.
    — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2022
  • With their little brother in the spotlight this week as head coach of the Eagles, Mike and Jay have been happy to cheer and watch from the periphery.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But there was an inviting gloss: On the periphery of the crowded concourse the airport had placed a long row of rocking chairs.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Also, how to not forget your friends or people on the periphery.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Many Berlin artists have been pushed to the periphery, into less vaunted neighborhoods across the city’s 340-square-mile sprawl.
    — Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Your company might not be in the periphery of the metaverse, but there are countless ways to get into the metaverse.
    — Tommaso Di Bartolo, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • In the exercise, two different cars appear in the middle of a screen with a Route 66 sign floating in the periphery.
    — Betsy Morris, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The offense has struggled without Payton, and Allen's defense – on the periphery of elite in recent years – hasn't been able to pick up enough of the slack.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Stars did exactly what DeBoer had preached with a solid game against a Predators team on the periphery of the playoff race.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This question was at the periphery of the House committee’s purview, and no real effort was made to answer it.
    — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • However, their knowledge base about it is on the periphery.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The writer is just as compelling on artists who embrace sounds on the relative periphery.
    — Owen Myers, Pitchfork, 29 Feb. 2024
  • On the periphery of that heat dome is where these storms are developing and causing so many problems.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The tension between center and periphery is woven into the plot.
    — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023

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