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also outdoors
as in open-air
of, relating to, or held in the open air
an outdoor picnic is always at the mercy of the weather, of course
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Recent Examples of outdoor
Plenty of other teams have followed suit, between the Tampa Bay Lightning’s outdoor areas and Tesla coil; the Seattle Kraken’s flying fish; and how the Vegas Golden Knights have … well, there’s a lot going on at T-Mobile Arena.
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
There’s a heated pool and pool house, outdoor kitchen, two-car garage and three-vehicle carport.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
At 105 ppb, an Ozone Action Alert is triggered, indicating that even short outdoor exposure could be harmful to at-risk groups.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Burning hydrogen-methane blends releases more nitrogen oxides than burning methane alone, increasing indoor and outdoor air pollution.
—Jesse Kuehn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
There’s a heated pool and pool house, outdoor kitchen, two-car garage and three-vehicle carport.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
At 105 ppb, an Ozone Action Alert is triggered, indicating that even short outdoor exposure could be harmful to at-risk groups.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Burning hydrogen-methane blends releases more nitrogen oxides than burning methane alone, increasing indoor and outdoor air pollution.
—Jesse Kuehn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdoor
Adjective
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The bathroom was an outhouse, the kitchen an open-air communal space.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The open-air shopping area also represents a cultural landmark, with an impressive variety of galleries, theaters and restaurants serving up a taste of the city’s diverse flavors.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With no outside investments, Kubinova has grown the company to over $5 million in revenue last year and a user base of over 1.3 million.—
Pamela Jew,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Women are lining up outside stores to score one, the bags are reselling online, and TikTok has been flooded with content devoted to the bag.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Drivers traveling south from Ouray to Silverton, will be on the steep outer side of the highway, while those driving north (from Silverton to Ouray) will hug the inside of the cliff face.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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The figs would cook until their tough outer skin softened and some began to burst open to gently ooze their seedy pulp, thickening the mixture into a grainy, molasses-brown syrup, while other figs remained whole, their thick stems still attached.—
Claude Barilleaux,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The team was able to remove the external support in October and added a dental acrylic covering over the gap in the bone until late March.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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But these laws have not historically extended to child influencers and social media stars — leaving the influencer space largely free of guidelines and any external accountability.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Tough, athletic, sturdy, outdoorsy, reliable Most businesses focus on a couple of these.—
Sabine Leveiller,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Read Next National Magnetic cattle ranch for sale in Wyoming is outdoorsy dream.—
TJ Macias,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Outdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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