as in exterior
situated on the outside or farther out
the outer edge of the blade of your figure skate always wears out faster than the inner because you use it more
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Recent Examples of outer
The outer cover is water-resistant and UV-resistant.
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Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
These neighborhoods have become a lifeline for people priced out of the North Side and the increasingly unaffordable outer Loop neighborhoods.
—Danny Villalobos, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Scientists aim to use these artificial eclipses to unravel a number of mysteries, such as why the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, is so hot, what accelerates the solar wind, and how the sun flings material out into space during coronal mass ejections.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 12 May 2025
They Were Made to Feel Crazy Vulvar or vaginal pain, also called vulvodynia, is pain around the outer parts of the female genitals that lasts at least three months with no clear cause, such as an infection.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 May 2025
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Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
These neighborhoods have become a lifeline for people priced out of the North Side and the increasingly unaffordable outer Loop neighborhoods.
—Danny Villalobos, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Scientists aim to use these artificial eclipses to unravel a number of mysteries, such as why the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, is so hot, what accelerates the solar wind, and how the sun flings material out into space during coronal mass ejections.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 12 May 2025
They Were Made to Feel Crazy Vulvar or vaginal pain, also called vulvodynia, is pain around the outer parts of the female genitals that lasts at least three months with no clear cause, such as an infection.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outer
Adjective
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Meeting rooms and private dining areas inside are complemented by exterior gardens and an interior garden courtyard.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
3 May 2025
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So with less than two weeks left in the preparation schedule, Lee sent his construction crews back to the Hotel Diplomat to create a semblance of the Audubon interior, leaving only exterior shots of the assassination scene to be filmed at the original building.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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By all outward appearances, the tracking has stopped.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Some of it would have broken through, but some of it may have simply filled in the crust, creating outward buckles like those seen on Earth.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
8 May 2025
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“Outer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outer. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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