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as in internal
of or relating to the mind
the novel's characters have plenty of adventures, but their interior lives are never explored
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as in inside
an interior or internal part
the interior of the computer was clogged with dust
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Recent Examples of interior
Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Out of an abundance of caution, Capitol Police is conducting an interior sweep of the building.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
The interior features plenty of chrome, along with cloth upholstery on the door panels and front and rear benches.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Improved interior look and feel thanks to soft vinyl surfaces.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Out of an abundance of caution, Capitol Police is conducting an interior sweep of the building.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
Since acquiring the eatery, the duo has renovated the kitchen, painted the interior and reorganized the space.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
The interior features plenty of chrome, along with cloth upholstery on the door panels and front and rear benches.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
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As a discipline, advertising is beset by all sorts of weird internal contradictions, although that’s probably to be expected, given the thankless job commercials are tasked with carrying out.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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What sets Leviyev apart from her competitors is the fact that each treatment is handled with utmost compassion, precision, and a belief that external beauty is a result of harmony between internal bodily functions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Chicago, the heroine, Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), envisions herself in musical numbers, a vibrant inner fantasy come to life.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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One of the fundamental threats to (or from) contemporary culture, then, is the absolute suffocation and depletion of inner life, a massification that stupefies and typifies.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Again, with an inside-out forehand that had Osaka down on one knee trying to retrieve it.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Defense steps up The Valkyries came into Saturday’s game with the sixth-best defense in the league, but Golden State was utterly dominant in stopping Washington’s inside-out attack.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025
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Cream blush will give you that lit-from-within glow.—
Annie Blay,
Allure,
23 Nov. 2022
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Fake a glow-from-within look with Neutrogena’s cult-favorite Hydro Boost serum.—
Nerisha Penrose,
ELLE,
22 Nov. 2022
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“Interior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interior. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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