the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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From the outside, the ingredients that run through all of our restaurants are a deep reverence for nostalgia, with two helpings of character and half a helping each of texture and color.
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Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
From the outside, that might seem a funny outlook for the leader of a band that’s been on the ascent since dropping their 2023 debut LP, Life Under the Gun, to the acclaim of, well, just about everyone.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
One shopper lived in the yurt for three months and claimed that while the outside temperature was in the teens, the inside of the yurt was more than 70 degrees Fahrenheit with the help of a wood stove.
—Rylee Johnston, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The lack of spillage makes these bottles a good choice for tossing in the backpack, clipping to the outside of your pack, and squishing them into a bike’s bottle holder.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
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Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
From the outside, that might seem a funny outlook for the leader of a band that’s been on the ascent since dropping their 2023 debut LP, Life Under the Gun, to the acclaim of, well, just about everyone.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
One shopper lived in the yurt for three months and claimed that while the outside temperature was in the teens, the inside of the yurt was more than 70 degrees Fahrenheit with the help of a wood stove.
—Rylee Johnston, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The lack of spillage makes these bottles a good choice for tossing in the backpack, clipping to the outside of your pack, and squishing them into a bike’s bottle holder.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the outside
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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