The word perimeter has appeared in 1,750 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 19 in “The Sparkle of Separateness: Circling Sardinia by Car,” by Marta Giaccone:

My partner and I had formulated a simple plan: to fly to the Sardinian capital of Cagliari, on the southern coast, rent a car and drive the perimeter of the island counterclockwise, following as many seaside roads as possible.

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