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outlying

adjective as in in rural area; remote

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“There’s a movement toward smaller cities and community areas. People are moving beyond the cities to the outlying areas,” said Tim Smart, contributing editor at U.S.

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A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area.

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In Kyiv, there was no water in parts of the city center and outlying districts on Friday, with restaurants and hotels running a reduced service and many schools in the city sending students home.

But the Atlanta child murders gripped the city and outlying suburbs like Jonesboro and changed her community’s worldview.

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Texas Republicans want to shift the 35th Congressional District to cover much of east San Antonio and Bexar County, while extending it into the solidly Republican outlying counties of Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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