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 washed canvas is a durable fabric, while the outer flap and buckles provide security.
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Many oak tree species have thick outer bark that protects the inner cambium layer, from which new growth occurs.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
The London Orbital Motorway, or the M25, is a vast ring road that runs in a shaggy circle around the outer edges of the capital.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Many oak tree species have thick outer bark that protects the inner cambium layer, from which new growth occurs.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
The London Orbital Motorway, or the M25, is a vast ring road that runs in a shaggy circle around the outer edges of the capital.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Outer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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