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
Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
What has not been sufficiently appreciated, however, is that the same systemic analysis of the exterior body’s flesh-and-bone parts that fueled physiognomy and phrenology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries also extended to the hair.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Graffiti marred the exterior of City Hall, an Art Deco landmark built in 1928.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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There are a couple new exterior colors that are exclusive to the Optiq-V, Magnus Metal Frost (silver) and a lovely blue called Deep Ocean Tintcoat.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
What has not been sufficiently appreciated, however, is that the same systemic analysis of the exterior body’s flesh-and-bone parts that fueled physiognomy and phrenology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries also extended to the hair.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Noun
The exterior of a Torrid clothing store in West Covina, California, in June 2021.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Graffiti marred the exterior of City Hall, an Art Deco landmark built in 1928.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Juan Soto grounded out to second, Lindor scoring for a 1-0 lead, and Alonso drove a first-pitch 86 mph slider on the outer half of the plate over the right-center field wall for a two-run home run – his 13th of the season – and a 3-0 Mets lead.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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Ghost spotting is the term used to describe the small pink spots on the outer petals of blooms on susceptible roses during prolonged periods of rain and consecutive days of dense fog and high humidity.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Visitors can paddle across its still surface on flat bamboo rafts or swim out to nearby monkey-less Monkey Island and spend the afternoon relaxing on its beautiful beach.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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His roadmap includes more than 100 cargo flights to deliver equipment to produce methane and liquid oxygen propellants on the surface of Mars.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 3,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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On the Aussie front, beloved indie rockers Cloud Control re-enter the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 19 with their 2010 debut Bliss Release, following their surprise reunion after a seven-year hiatus.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
6 June 2025
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Casto has begun stripping varietal names from the front of bottles, starting with cabernet franc.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Exterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterior. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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