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perimeter

[puh-rim-i-ter] / pəˈrɪm ɪ tər /


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Some days in middle school, during gym class, my daughter went outside and walked the perimeter of the school.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Aegis, one of the company’s four-legged bots, is being tested for security and perimeter control purposes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Moroccan police made "no serious attempt to try to reduce, disperse or move the mass of people away from the border perimeter", the report said.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

The fire service has said the perimeter of the blaze has been brought under control.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

They fenced them off, boarded them up, and some even hired security firms to walk around the perimeter and make sure no one was looking to survive on corporate-sponsored vacancy.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

The number of potentially displaced people would change markedly if the size of the actual security perimeters is smaller or bigger.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

He appeared to suggest progress towards an agreement had been made, saying that the "perimeters of a deal has been agreed to".

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Police may close roads, establish perimeters, kettle crowds, redirect traffic, block movement, and call those acts public order.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

It would require combat troops to secure perimeters, engineers with excavating equipment to search through debris and check for mines and booby traps, and special-operations forces with expertise in handling nuclear material.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

The latrines that ringed the encampment were overflowing and swarming with flies, and she saw faint greenish fuzz on many of the sharpened stakes that protected the perimeters.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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