as in outer
situated on the outside or farther out
the house's exterior walls badly need to be painted
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Recent Examples of exterior
Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Despite its unassuming, if stately, exterior—which blends in with the other residential buildings along 16th Street—the interiors are decidedly more majestic.
—Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 May 2025
Fifth Avenue shoppers can’t miss a towering image of the Oscar winner in a suit and tie that is hung floors above the exterior of the house’s Fifth Avenue store — a mile south from The Met.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
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Adjective
Arctic White exterior paint and Jet Black interior accents pair with the Indianapolis 500 logos on the Pace Car.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Despite its unassuming, if stately, exterior—which blends in with the other residential buildings along 16th Street—the interiors are decidedly more majestic.
—Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
An exterior rendering of the BPL branch at New Lots.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 May 2025
Fifth Avenue shoppers can’t miss a towering image of the Oscar winner in a suit and tie that is hung floors above the exterior of the house’s Fifth Avenue store — a mile south from The Met.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterior
Adjective
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The driver crashed the car through the outer railing and onto a walkway where people were standing outside the departure area at Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 1 just before 9 a.m., the Philippine Red Cross said in a statement.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Put the longer flowers in the vase and, afterwards, surround the outer rim of the arrangement with the shorter flowers.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Often the damage is only along the main veins but can affect the entire surface of leaves.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Not every surface in your house can handle steaming, though.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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One spread is a black and white photo of the band in early 1967, standing in front of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Read More: 'Avengers: Doomsday' First Look Marks Production Milestone Downey appears to be sitting in front of his trailer in the pic, and right above him is a Doctor Doom sign which shows the Latverian dictator pointing.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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“Exterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterior. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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