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
Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Early Sunday morning, surveillance cameras captured the person walking onto school property and using spray paint to write offensive messages on the exterior walls of the school, police say.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Stepheny Price , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Its exterior is finished in redwood cladding.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
This year, the city opened its downtown improvement grant program, which provides grants up to $7,500 for downtown commercial property owners and businesses undertaking exterior or interior improvement projects.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Early Sunday morning, surveillance cameras captured the person walking onto school property and using spray paint to write offensive messages on the exterior walls of the school, police say.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
The officer then walks around the exterior of the home, including checking the backyard, before returning to the front of the property and leaving.
—Stepheny Price , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Its exterior is finished in redwood cladding.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterior
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Lindsay was initially elected by broad coalition—Silk Stocking Manhattan Republicans, the city’s business elite, middle- and lower-middle-class white Catholic homeowners in the outer boroughs, liberal Manhattan reformers, middle-class Jews in the outer boroughs, and many Blacks and Puerto Ricans.—
Daniel Wortel-London,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Humboldt University of Berlin zoologist Jana Ciecierska-Holmes, also a co-author, began looking for tile examples and was similarly surprised to spot intricate interlocking plates on the outer coating of millet seeds.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
5 Jan. 2026
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
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This incredibly lightweight, breathable windbreaker jacket has an adjustable bungee cord collar and waist for a custom fit, as well as two large pockets at the front.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Winds turn gusty behind the front, with northwest gusts up to 25 to 35 mph Sunday evening and overnight.—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Exterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterior. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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