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perimeter

[puh-rim-i-ter] / pəˈrɪm ɪ tər /


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Within a year, the museum said it will also have video surveillance of its entire perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Tees Valley Wildlife Trust said flooding and damage to the colony's perimeter fence contributed to difficult conditions for the birds.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Pori, through his real-estate firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital, wants to build something similar to what Hazel Green Ranch’s former owner had proposed: a 150-room lodge and cabins scattered around the meadow’s perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Dozens of locals, some equipped with binoculars and long-lensed cameras, gathered near the air base's perimeter fence to watch the highly anticipated arrival of the jets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rubio holds the beeping atmospheric reader and carefully starts walking the perimeter of the lake.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Lieu expressed concern that security perimeters would be so large during the Games that drop-off points would be even more distant, necessitating walks of up to half an hour, discouraging fans from taking buses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

But the president pulled back from that threat Saturday, saying the "perimeters" of a deal were there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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

Tall battle standards of cloth-of-gold flapped atop lofty poles along the perimeters of the camp.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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