the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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After hearing booing from Dodgers fans all night, continuing the trend from his Houston Astros days, Bregman took an 0-1 sweeper on the outside edge and pulled it over the left-field wall to lead off the eighth.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
This might be a reach, however, for a likely slot corner who only played on the outside in college.
—Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
A lot of that expression was in how the machines looked on the outside, which of course was heavily influenced by how they were engineered inside and out.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Their only view of the outside world is a patch of sky seen through a window four inches wide.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
This might be a reach, however, for a likely slot corner who only played on the outside in college.
—Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
A lot of that expression was in how the machines looked on the outside, which of course was heavily influenced by how they were engineered inside and out.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Their only view of the outside world is a patch of sky seen through a window four inches wide.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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