the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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Seven people hung on to the outside and fell off during the flight.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Stay toward the middle lanes – water tends to pool in the outside lanes.
—Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
Kept them, for the most part, to the outside.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
Then use sandbags around the outside edge of the pool to hold the poly in place.
—Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Stay toward the middle lanes – water tends to pool in the outside lanes.
—Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
Kept them, for the most part, to the outside.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
Then use sandbags around the outside edge of the pool to hold the poly in place.
—Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 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 14 Apr. 2026.
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