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outlying
adjective as in in rural area; remote
Example Sentences
Children’s eyes glazed over at “The Phantom Menace’s” opening crawl: “The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.”
First you have a kind of broad outlying area — how they’re managing fuel.
Today, Scott is the chief of the Australian Capital Territory’s Rural Fire Service, which oversees Canberra’s outlying regions.
Less successful were half-hearted efforts to introduce the ban in outlying fishing towns notorious for heavy drinking and loose morals.
At the same time the team was able to show that some species also seek the heat of the city center, while others prefer the cooler outlying areas, where there is also less light pollution.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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