as in farthest
most distant from a center
the outermost ring of listeners had trouble hearing the concert
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Recent Examples of outermost
Girdle and Squirt The girdling method involves sawing through the outermost layers of the tree trunk, which prevents future growth.
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Scientists Discover Superstructure Larger Than the Milky Way Coronal holes form in the outermost layer of the sun when the local magnetic field opens up, allowing the solar wind to escape at a much faster rate than usual.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The gray form of the grizzly was lumbering down the ridge, at the outermost buildings of the ghost town.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Researchers separated the peel from the flesh and removed the outermost layer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Scientists Discover Superstructure Larger Than the Milky Way Coronal holes form in the outermost layer of the sun when the local magnetic field opens up, allowing the solar wind to escape at a much faster rate than usual.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The gray form of the grizzly was lumbering down the ridge, at the outermost buildings of the ghost town.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Researchers separated the peel from the flesh and removed the outermost layer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outermost
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That's close to the farthest point in its orbit, which is 252,088 miles away, according to NASA.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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Shortly before entering that orbit, NASA says Orion will travel 57, 287 miles beyond the moon at its farthest point from the lunar surface.—
Lee Roop | lroop@al.com,
al,
23 Nov. 2022
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“Outermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outermost. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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