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fringe

A decorative border.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

A decorative border.

Dos Santos, who has often been on the fringes at Spurs since moving from Barcelona, whipped in a fantastic cross that Pavlyuchenko emphatically headed home for his first goal of the season.
Origin: From , from , from , a metathesis of , of origin. Compare and . Displaced native , , from , and .. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.

He lives on the fringe of London.
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  • “Its inexplicable how all those blue painted Celtic fringe savages have such a relentlessly negative view of cuddly wuddly fluffy wuffy English Nationalism which has never even harmed a hair on their heads or stolen a brass farthing from the mouths of their children”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Comic to write 20 different shows for the Edinburgh Fringe”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Oh hey, it's the Fringe episode that taught me what LSD stands for”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “In addition to the Orlando Fringe Festival, there are lots of other theater, music and art events and shows around Central Florida in May.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Donald goes Puffin watching! This short video is packed with hints and tips on how to best photograph nature this summer. And you'll get more than just the tips with Donald McGinty at the Buxton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals! youtu.be/iPGGP5UtzwM”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(also, figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.

About an hour later, the two were sitting at a comparatively isolated table in a restaurant called Sickler’s, downtown, a highly favored place among, chiefly, the intellectual fringe of students at the college—the same students, more or …
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  • “Keep in mind the time it was written. The hegemony of pharmaceutical treatments for mental health has diminished but the idea of using yoga, meditation, etc. were pretty fringe even ten years ago.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Contrary to popular belief, the UFO phenomenon isn’t fringe science — it’s documented government reality. As of 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed the existence of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) with flight characteristics de”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “You wouldn't be surprised if they, too, came out before the Fringe started!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Tellima grandiflora, the bigflower tellima or fringecups, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is the only species in the genus Tellima. Fringe cups - delta BC 🇨🇦💚”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I'm sure these young queers also won't realize what's happening someday and turn that in on the queer community creating a whole new wave of memetically fucked detransitioners and ex-homosexuals lambasting us for the actions of a fringe group”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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