the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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Christopher Bell takes the lead from Joey Logano! Lap 239: Joey Logano gets to the inside lane as Christopher Bell races him hard from the outside.
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
Sociologist Stephen Mennell suggests that the contours of national character are easiest to see from the outside.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 May 2025
Good-natured Ben, in the throes of a panicky uncertainty that from the outside is sweetly poignant, if only because it will be gone in a year or a month or a minute, feels for Eli’s predicament— possibly more than the quite contentedly peculiar Eli does for himself.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2025
The couple met at Brown University, had five children and led what looked from the outside to be a charmed life.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
Sociologist Stephen Mennell suggests that the contours of national character are easiest to see from the outside.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 May 2025
Good-natured Ben, in the throes of a panicky uncertainty that from the outside is sweetly poignant, if only because it will be gone in a year or a month or a minute, feels for Eli’s predicament— possibly more than the quite contentedly peculiar Eli does for himself.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2025
The couple met at Brown University, had five children and led what looked from the outside to be a charmed life.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 26 May. 2025.
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