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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Eventually, as Buffalo grew, most moved to the outer suburbs or other neighborhoods, but their influence carried on.
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Perry put her pop star duties on hold to explore the outer orbit for 11 minutes.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
This is because one of the big sun mysteries that the mission aims to solve is the puzzle of how the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, turns into the solar wind.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Today, modern rugby balls have an outer shell made out of either synthetic, rubber or polyester materials.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Perry put her pop star duties on hold to explore the outer orbit for 11 minutes.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
This is because one of the big sun mysteries that the mission aims to solve is the puzzle of how the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, turns into the solar wind.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Today, modern rugby balls have an outer shell made out of either synthetic, rubber or polyester materials.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Outer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outer. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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