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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  • 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
  • The Restaurant, which includes an open-air courtyard for starlit dining, is the property’s main dining room.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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  • The Giants then used the No. 3 pick on Carter, who joins outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux and cornerback Deonte Banks as defensive first-round picks made by Schoen.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 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
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  • Dating back to the Silla Dynasty, the ideology that outer beauty influenced the inner self was promoted through ingredients, like mung bean powder, for cleansing and plant extracts for lotions and oils.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Courtesy of Lucasfilm On an isolated farm at the outer reaches of a fascist empire, a mid-level government toady interrogates his victims.
    Jake Kleinman, Wired News, 23 Apr. 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
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  • 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
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  • 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 7 May. 2025.

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