as in edge
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
soldiers guarding the perimeter of the camp
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Recent Examples of perimeter
The playing surface is worn, bicycles are propped up around its perimeter and the spire of a small local church pokes over the top of the surrounding buildings.
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Ben Church, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
The Nuggets need a perimeter defender — Bruce Brown makes sense if the Raptors buy him out and Denver dumps Zeke Nnaji’s awful contract.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
But after adding three inexpensive yet highly skilled perimeter players — Vandersloot for facilitation, Allen and Nurse for high-volume 3-point shooting — the Sky are now more likely to retain the No. 3 and No. 10 picks to dig into the second phase of building through the draft.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
On one play, Gilgeous-Alexander shook Andrew Wiggins — Golden State’s best perimeter defender — out of his shoes with a crossover on the perimeter and converted at the rim with a nifty, hanging layup.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Ben Church, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
The Nuggets need a perimeter defender — Bruce Brown makes sense if the Raptors buy him out and Denver dumps Zeke Nnaji’s awful contract.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
But after adding three inexpensive yet highly skilled perimeter players — Vandersloot for facilitation, Allen and Nurse for high-volume 3-point shooting — the Sky are now more likely to retain the No. 3 and No. 10 picks to dig into the second phase of building through the draft.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
On one play, Gilgeous-Alexander shook Andrew Wiggins — Golden State’s best perimeter defender — out of his shoes with a crossover on the perimeter and converted at the rim with a nifty, hanging layup.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perimeter
Noun
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There was a pervasive sense of indignation from current and former European officials, who have funneled significant aid to Ukraine and are deeply worried about how a ceasefire deal could impact the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) eastern edge.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Pirates got to almost every loose ball and played with an edge that was nowhere to be found for the Huskies.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Again, this can be as simple as a measurement of waist circumference.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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In most cases, the experts write, clinicians diagnosing obesity should either augment or replace BMI readings with other body measurements, such as waist circumference, or tests that can objectively measure body fat.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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Sergio Hudson is unafraid to push the boundaries associated with womenswear.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
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Mysterious land purchases within Joshua Tree National Park worry locals and environmentalists People with ties to the hotel industry are among the buyers and entities that have snapped up 22 parcels within the national park’s boundaries.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Conservation challenges Rescues of smuggled spider monkeys at the southern border have made headlines over the past months.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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One way to address that contradiction would be for the WHO to scale back on the number of health areas it is involved in and focus primarily on issues that actually transcend borders.—
Jess Craig,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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Skis designed for advanced and expert skiers tend to contain heavier materials like metal and reinforced sidewalls for enhanced stability at speed, better energy transfer, and more precise edging performance.—
Jenny Wiegand,
Outside Online,
20 Dec. 2024
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Repeat and Rebuild During each edging session, practice pausing and resuming multiple times.—
Suzannah Weiss,
Glamour,
27 Dec. 2024
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Junior Chloe Kitts has five double-doubles on the season, and 6-foot-3 center Sania Feagin is the team’s best rim protector after putting up a career-high six blocks on Texas.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2025
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Cass was sitting his heaving horse on the rim of the canyon, looking down at some sprays of fresh dirt on the ground below him.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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The image was snapped at a slight angle, concealing the fact that numerous rings are bunched together at the center, and the inter-ring spacing grows larger on the periphery.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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As their romance inches towards its predictable conclusion, the more intriguing characters who populate Primeval’s periphery—where a web of allegiances, compromises, and betrayals echoes our current state of sociopolitical chaos—fade into a fog of gunpowder.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Perimeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perimeter. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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