as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
our family loves to hike and camp in the great outdoors
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Recent Examples of outdoors
Monica Gordon,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Patio Furniture Deals Let’s start outdoors since patio furniture has major markdowns during Amazon Prime Day.
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Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
Mountain Highs and Valley Lows Hong Kong's great outdoors is an adrenaline junkie's dream, cloaked in an urban disguise.
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Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Adverb
After a long winter, summer brings block parties, baseball games, cookouts, and time outdoors with family and friends.
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Monica Gordon,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Patio Furniture Deals Let’s start outdoors since patio furniture has major markdowns during Amazon Prime Day.
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Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Noun
The outdoors tends to strip things down—ego, distraction, noise.
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Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
Mountain Highs and Valley Lows Hong Kong's great outdoors is an adrenaline junkie's dream, cloaked in an urban disguise.
—
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdoors
Adverb
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In other words, the employers most exposed are those planning fresh cap-subject filings for workers abroad or otherwise outside protected existing H-1B status.
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Amid the pandemic’s stop-and-start days, Korkejian would sometimes step outside after showering and let the sun dry the water from her skin.
Noun
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Sense of place The river — which swells with spring snowmelt — and surrounding wilderness give the property a strong sense of place.
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Whether your 9-to-5 job involves a rare combination of manual record keeping and precarious wilderness travel, or your idea of outdoor recreation includes journaling your day while remaining at the ready for whatever nature hurls at you, the all-new Pen-metheus equips you for it all.
Adverb
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Durable goods will also be out.
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Shortstop Andruw Monasterio and catcher Connor Wong drew back-to-back one-out walks in the second; Eaton’s two-out RBI-single scored the former, but the latter was out at third on the throw from left-fielder and 2016 first overall pick Mickey Moniak.
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“Outdoors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoors. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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