as in outer
situated on the outside or farther out
the house's exterior walls badly need to be painted
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Recent Examples of exterior
Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The men allegedly crawled out of the hole to a loading dock, scaled an exterior concrete wall of the jail complex and darted across a freeway to freedom.
—Kati Weis, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Laura Lu, Parents, 22 May 2025
Such a bold exterior look is the result of designer Chris Bottoms at Studio De Voogt listening to the owner’s ideas.
—Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Adjective
Though the original statues are gone from the Renwick Gallery, its exterior tympanum features one distinctive relic of the building’s past: a round medallion with a bronze relief profile portrait of William Corcoran.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The men allegedly crawled out of the hole to a loading dock, scaled an exterior concrete wall of the jail complex and darted across a freeway to freedom.
—Kati Weis, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Noun
The water-resistant exterior is built to withstand all the elements while the cozy lining will keep your hands warm and dry while pushing your stroller.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 22 May 2025
Such a bold exterior look is the result of designer Chris Bottoms at Studio De Voogt listening to the owner’s ideas.
—Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterior
Adjective
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Scientists hope to bring this technology to even larger telescopes, including the 4-meter Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaiʻi, promising an even closer look at the sun's outer layers.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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That’s all because of cooling properties like moisture-wicking outer shells and hypoallergenic, airy fill materials, such as lightweight down and mulberry silk.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Visitors can paddle across its still surface on flat bamboo rafts or swim out to nearby monkey-less Monkey Island and spend the afternoon relaxing on its beautiful beach.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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His roadmap includes more than 100 cargo flights to deliver equipment to produce methane and liquid oxygen propellants on the surface of Mars.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 3,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
Noun
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On the Aussie front, beloved indie rockers Cloud Control re-enter the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 19 with their 2010 debut Bliss Release, following their surprise reunion after a seven-year hiatus.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
6 June 2025
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Casto has begun stripping varietal names from the front of bottles, starting with cabernet franc.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Exterior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterior. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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