perimeter
Example Sentences
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The financial safety net for those at the perimeter of the banking system is expanding, too.
From Barron's
The banner, stretched across a perimeter fence above bunches of flowers, is marked with notes of hope and prayer.
A perimeter was set multiple blocks from the ground.
From BBC
Done right, market-structure legislation could harden the financial perimeter that underpins sanctions and law enforcement.
From Barron's
He nudged me, and I looked down at the dirt, where he had drawn a crude map of the perimeter of the camp, an X marked in the southeast corner, farthest from the guard tower.
From Literature
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