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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The team then decided to add this all-important acetone into the outer layer of a coaxial needle, surrounding the silk and dopamine in the inner needle layer to enable the liquid to shoot straight into the air.
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Sophie Charara, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025
In 2018, Parker watched from Cape Canaveral as the Parker Solar Probe blasted off for the outer corona of the sun.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The northeast Pacific transient population occurs throughout the coastal waters of the British Columbia province and the northeast Pacific offshore population are seen less frequently, but are known to travel widely in the outer coastal waters of British Columbia.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
On issue after issue, Trump has pushed the outer limits of presidential power.
—Philip Klinkner, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sophie Charara, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025
In 2018, Parker watched from Cape Canaveral as the Parker Solar Probe blasted off for the outer corona of the sun.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The northeast Pacific transient population occurs throughout the coastal waters of the British Columbia province and the northeast Pacific offshore population are seen less frequently, but are known to travel widely in the outer coastal waters of British Columbia.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
On issue after issue, Trump has pushed the outer limits of presidential power.
—Philip Klinkner, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Outer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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