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
Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
There are some interiors in the film with exterior light.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
The day exteriors are the quad and the Tandoor New Haven restaurant.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
In March, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recalled 46,000 Cybertrucks over concerns that exterior panels near the windshield could detach while driving, posing a road hazard.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
There are some interiors in the film with exterior light.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
Keystone ensures the Walkabout 26 Max exterior works as the most loyal of multi-adventure partners, starting with a huge pass-through front storage locker made possible by the drop frame.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
The day exteriors are the quad and the Tandoor New Haven restaurant.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterior
Adjective
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After blowing off its gaseous outer layers, its core contracts.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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This year, that took form in an outfit-making outer layer.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The porous polymer coating that reflects up to 97 percent of sunlight and radiates heat into the air, keeping surfaces up to six degrees cooler than the surrounding air even under direct sun.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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To better understand how solar wind energy interacts with Mars’ atmosphere and magnetic environment, and how that might have altered the planet's surface, NASA and the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory are sending twin orbiters to the Red Planet.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But even as the governor touts the state’s climate achievements, his broader agenda faces friction on two fronts — from federal rollbacks that legally challenge California’s own state-level green authority, and from questions over his own commitment to phasing out fossil fuels.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Exterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterior. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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