the outside

noun

: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.

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When officers arrived, they were led to the outside of a hotel, according to Sgt. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026 Four countries, including Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, depend entirely upon such subsea telecommunications connections running through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint to link with the outside world. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026 To highlight the allegorical nature of the tale, the outside world almost never intrudes. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026 But control can sit where the model’s reasoning meets the outside world. — Binny Gill, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 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 11 Nov. 2026.

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