internal

adjective

in-ˈtər-nᵊl How to pronounce internal (audio)
Definition of internalnext
1
as in inner
situated farther in somehow grave robbers hadn't managed to locate and enter the internal chambers of the Egyptian tomb

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2
as in mental
of or relating to the mind the never-ending internal monologue of the novel's main character

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Recent Examples of internal Start them on low-risk internal tasks, well before anything a customer sees. — Devang Agrawal, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 This means a petal possesses a kind of conical structure, which is compatible with a flat geometry and therefore shouldn’t create any internal tension. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 In another snippet of internal dispatcher audio, an operator can be heard calling off the emergency response. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Wolk, the finance chief, responded by saying the strategic investments were internal. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for internal
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  1. inner
  2. mental
  3. interior
  4. psychological
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  • Space Afrika bring in slow-moving and often gorgeous layers of double bass, violin, harp, saxophone, and piano to exhume the revelry, grief, and chaos of their inner worlds.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Arcel is masterful in a character study whose protagonist is often unreadable and elusive — and whose previously unexposed inner cold streak proves catastrophic to her community.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Women naturally store less creatine than men, and during perimenopause and menopause, declining estrogen can take a toll on both muscle health and mental clarity.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Steeped in therapy culture and financial literacy content, young Americans are fluent in boundary-setting and open to frank conversations about money and mental load.
    — Grace Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of mental
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  • That ethos extends to the layout, with a seamless flow between the interior and exterior living spaces.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The rest of the UltraSlim, including the compressor, condenser, and nearly all the interior components, sit outside the window.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • At Garth Greenan, where more than forty of Drexler’s paintings and drawings from the sixties were on display, I was struck, once again, by the astonishing freshness and psychological bite of her work.
    — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Safety by default standards also place limits on the manipulation, algorithmic restraint and other addictive mechanisms that may lead to psychological harm in vulnerable populations such as young people.
    — Ari Lightman, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of psychological

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“Internal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internal. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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