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
Founders often spend big on the outer box and forget about the internal structure.
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Hamzah Hussain Bhatti, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Third-degree burns, the most serious burn level, destroy the epidermis and dermis, or the outer and middle layers of skin, and can also damage a person's bones, muscles and tendons, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 1 May 2025
University of Nottingham The CMX performed this feat by generating reactive oxygen species which ruptured the microbes' protective outer membranes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2025
Courtesy of Lucasfilm On an isolated farm at the outer reaches of a fascist empire, a mid-level government toady interrogates his victims.
—Jake Kleinman, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Hamzah Hussain Bhatti, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Third-degree burns, the most serious burn level, destroy the epidermis and dermis, or the outer and middle layers of skin, and can also damage a person's bones, muscles and tendons, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 1 May 2025
University of Nottingham The CMX performed this feat by generating reactive oxygen species which ruptured the microbes' protective outer membranes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2025
Courtesy of Lucasfilm On an isolated farm at the outer reaches of a fascist empire, a mid-level government toady interrogates his victims.
—Jake Kleinman, Wired News, 23 Apr. 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 14 May. 2025.
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