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outlying

adjective as in in rural area; remote

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At the same time the team was able to show that some species also seek the heat of the city center, while others prefer the cooler outlying areas, where there is also less light pollution.

While a couple of outlying polling places logged waits of up to an hour, most had waits under 15 minutes, and election officials had not reported any machine malfunctions.

This makes the UK “the most outlying country” in Europe, he said.

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He told Radio 4's Today programme that it would be "far too complacent" to say that what had happened to Mr Malkinson was an "outlying aberration".

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Starting at 11 in the morning and ending after midnight, it involves 12 choreographers and seven commissions; 10 neighborhoods in Paris and its outlying suburbs; podcasts, screenings and live streams.

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

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