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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
Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
How to act during strong winds Take shelter: Immediately go inside a sturdy building during a high wind warning or severe thunderstorm warning and move to an interior room or basement.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
Rustic chic interiors were alive and well throughout the '90s, but got a bit of a bad reputation by the mid-2000s.
—Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025
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Adjective
Beyond looks, the bag banks on its functionality, marked by magnetic closure, an interior zip pocket for storing your smaller makeup essentials, and a take-everywhere size that won’t weigh you down.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
How to act during strong winds Take shelter: Immediately go inside a sturdy building during a high wind warning or severe thunderstorm warning and move to an interior room or basement.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
Child and pet safety: Never forget to safeguard young children and pets by not leaving them unattended in vehicles, especially during scorching weather when car interiors can become life-threateningly hot.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
Rustic chic interiors were alive and well throughout the '90s, but got a bit of a bad reputation by the mid-2000s.
—Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interior
Adjective
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Her experience reflects an agency with spotty internal communication.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
15 July 2025
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How Ford Might Address Issues To tackle these quality and cost challenges, Ford is intensifying its focus on internal testing and product validation.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The teen may feel invisible, unheard or powerless in other areas of life, and their eating disorder may become a way to express that inner turmoil without saying much.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Director Iván Sierra frames it as a meditation on how fear of losing happiness breeds violence – and how true peace lies in confronting inner fears.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Jordan once fired on a small hut suspected of shooting down a U.S. helicopter and later learned that women and children were among the dead inside, a revelation that always haunted him, even though his actions were found to be legal, the clemency petition said.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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With one out and nobody on base, Padres starter Randy Vásquez threw an inside, knee-high heater for ball one, brushing Ohtani back off the plate.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This revealed that the within-subjects standard deviation was on average nearly eight times higher than the corresponding between-subjects standard deviation.—
Neuroskeptic,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2018
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Cream blush will give you that lit-from-within glow.—
Annie Blay,
Allure,
23 Nov. 2022
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“Interior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interior. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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