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
Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
Yet the entire spectacle felt inadequate to the weighty sprawl of Chabon’s novel, which celebrates the exterior glamour of pop culture while observing its deceptions.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
For bottles of lotion or shampoo, wipe down the cap and exterior.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
For example, the interior walls can be customized with wallpaper, while the exterior color can be customized (for an additional cost).
—Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
Yet the entire spectacle felt inadequate to the weighty sprawl of Chabon’s novel, which celebrates the exterior glamour of pop culture while observing its deceptions.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
Razing a century-old lodge would fit the bill for substantially altering the exterior of a historic building, the attorney argued.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
For bottles of lotion or shampoo, wipe down the cap and exterior.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterior
Adjective
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For decades, models of solar system formation dictated that the outer realms of the solar system were dominated by molecules like water and ammonia ice.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Fold dough under itself so that edge of fold is flush with outer rim of pie pan.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rip currents won't pull you beneath the water's surface.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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Beneath the film’s comedic surface run threads of reinvention and vulnerability, themes that echo Cooper’s own early years as an actor just finding his footing in New York.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In one slide of the carousel, Aniston is seen standing in front of a rack of clothing wearing black tutu as a top and no pants, her bare legs partially covered by an assistant tending to her ensemble.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Auto-industry observers and casual car-shoppers alike have wanted cheaper Teslas, but on the pricing front, the new models are a letdown.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Exterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterior. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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