the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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Since then, reports of atrocities have emerged from the city, with a communications blackout rendering contact with the outside world almost impossible.
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Guy Davies, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
Don’t worry about the outside stuff.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
From the outside, the place looks like like something out of a fairy tale, where a witch in the woods might plump up kids for a meal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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Guy Davies, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
Don’t worry about the outside stuff.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
From the outside, the place looks like like something out of a fairy tale, where a witch in the woods might plump up kids for a meal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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