the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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The rooms Although the 66 rooms are in a building wing added on to the original brick structure that, from the outside, is very modern, the interior design of the rooms manages to recall the 20th century Tudor style while simultaneously encompassing contemporary touches.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
From the outside, everything looked fine.
—Rick Tollakson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
At the start of the Global Fashion Summit, Federica Marchionni, CEO of Global Fashion Agenda, offered one of the event’s few hints of the geopolitical turmoil roiling the outside world.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Hell, even Texas finds itself on the outside looking in on the top ten.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
From the outside, everything looked fine.
—Rick Tollakson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
At the start of the Global Fashion Summit, Federica Marchionni, CEO of Global Fashion Agenda, offered one of the event’s few hints of the geopolitical turmoil roiling the outside world.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Hell, even Texas finds itself on the outside looking in on the top ten.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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