the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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Exposure to the outside world, through her father's work, must have whetted MacLeod's appetite for travel, Crichton says.
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
On the crucial fourth down, Mission Bay handed the ball to Jevyn Higman, who’d bounced it to the outside for a 43-yard score.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
On the next play, Staub sent the outside guys deep and dumped it again, this time to running back Micah Welch for 25.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Williams did not contest this, but the stewards ultimately agreed that Lawson’s snap to the left had caused the collision and not Sainz sticking to the outside line, as had originally been ruled.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
On the crucial fourth down, Mission Bay handed the ball to Jevyn Higman, who’d bounced it to the outside for a 43-yard score.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
On the next play, Staub sent the outside guys deep and dumped it again, this time to running back Micah Welch for 25.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Williams did not contest this, but the stewards ultimately agreed that Lawson’s snap to the left had caused the collision and not Sainz sticking to the outside line, as had originally been ruled.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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