perimeter

Example Sentences

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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

"You'll even see on the video there are no trespassing signs around the perimeter of the fence," he says.

From BBC

The Los Angeles Unified School District established a donation fund for affected families and created security perimeters around schools last summer.

From Los Angeles Times

Gardner previously said that more than 100 firefighters used hoses to put a “wet line” around the Balcom fire perimeter, while bulldozers cut away vegetation in its path and aircraft caked the ground with retardant.

From Los Angeles Times