as in interior
an interior or internal part
structural decay had started from within
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Recent Examples of within
Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Your actual rate will be within the range of rates listed above and will depend on a variety of factors, including evaluation of your credit worthiness, income, and other factors.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
Add a few swipes of this clean and buzzy highlighter from RMS Beauty to the high points of your face for an easy, glow-from-within look.
—Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2022
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
The difference between a real deadline, imposed for legitimate reasons from without, and a fake one, conjured from within, is like the difference between eating brunch and seeing it on Instagram.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Preposition
For example, synthetic blastoids develop a blastocoel cavity and the three main cell types (epiblast, trophectoderm, and primitive endoderm) within one week, just like natural blastocysts.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Your actual rate will be within the range of rates listed above and will depend on a variety of factors, including evaluation of your credit worthiness, income, and other factors.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
With the Reboot season finale hitting Hulu this week, EW caught up with Levitan (who previously created Modern Family) for a bookend Q&A about shows-within-shows, his hopes for season 2, and how his real life is starting to blend with the sitcom.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
Add a few swipes of this clean and buzzy highlighter from RMS Beauty to the high points of your face for an easy, glow-from-within look.
—Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2022
Adverb
Each time a new shipment arrived, the guards would check the chest, to make sure that there were only books within.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
The difference between a real deadline, imposed for legitimate reasons from without, and a fake one, conjured from within, is like the difference between eating brunch and seeing it on Instagram.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for within
Preposition
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For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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The incident occurred in October 2025 inside Tootsie's strip club in Miami Gardens.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the interiors are more disciplined—materials used in the rebuild were meticulously chosen by architect Tomoyuki Sakakida of the Japanese design firm New Material Research Laboratory and meant to oxidize over time.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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And while the vacant Boise store remains listed for lease at 8249 Franklin Road, the interior of the soon-to-open Meridian shop has gotten a vibrant makeover.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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On the plus side, the kitchen block includes a 68-L refrigerator on its front wall, making for easy access from both outside and in.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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With a two-handed push shot right out of 1950s Indiana, right out of another movie, Hoosiers, Mullins launched it up and in, sweet and pure.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Within.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/within. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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