variants also outdoors
as in open-air
of, relating to, or held in the open air an outdoor picnic is always at the mercy of the weather, of course

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Recent Examples of outdoor God, to be at a little outdoor Italian café right now. Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025 In focusing solely on revenues generated from energy and other resource extraction, Burgum disregards that public lands are the foundation of a $1 trillion outdoor recreation economy, never mind the numerous climate, environmental, cultural, and public health benefits. Chris D'angelo, Vox, 2 May 2025 The best time to visit Berlin begins in spring, when the city’s outdoor spaces are bustling with activity into the wee hours. Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Read on to peruse the discounts on indoor and outdoor area rugs now. Clara McMahon, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outdoor
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Adjective
  • An open-air roof bar also provides city views, and an Italian restaurant, Chiaro, offers inventive Italian dishes and a leafy garden terrace.
    Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • The retail portfolio, with 12 open-air villages located close to major cities, is known as The Bicester Collection.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Hunt has not yet announced a Senate run, but an outside organization, Standing for Texas, ran a $2 million statewide ad campaign touting the congressman’s work with the president.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2025
  • And what is Canada in the middle of other than an economic crisis, imposed on it by an outside actor?
    Sean Collins, Vox, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The driver crashed the car through the outer railing and onto a walkway where people were standing outside the departure area at Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 1 just before 9 a.m., the Philippine Red Cross said in a statement.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
  • Put the longer flowers in the vase and, afterwards, surround the outer rim of the arrangement with the shorter flowers.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
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  • The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The only reason there’s a handful of options for Day 3 is because many of their guys at the end of the depth chart are external vets and the Cowboys could try to replace them with homegrown talents.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Prior to Joyce, Lisa Cummins, the minister of energy and business development in Barbados, spoke movingly about how her small island nation was being buffeted by external forces.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tough, athletic, sturdy, outdoorsy, reliable Most businesses focus on a couple of these.
    Sabine Leveiller, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Read Next National Magnetic cattle ranch for sale in Wyoming is outdoorsy dream.
    TJ Macias, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Outdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoor. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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