as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
our family loves to hike and camp in the great outdoors
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Recent Examples of outdoors
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2025
Environmental factors: Limited time spent outdoors during childhood and excessive near work (such as prolonged screen time or reading) are associated with high myopia and a higher risk of MMD.1314
Diagnosis
Eye doctors, such as ophthalmologists, can diagnose MMD through an eye exam.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Apr. 2025
Playing outdoors provides a good balance of spending time off screens.
—Emily Edlynn, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
Warm wood accents, plush furnishings, and thoughtful amenities create spaces that invite relaxation after active days outdoors.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Adverb
Acclimate Plants Slowly When transplanting indoor-started seedlings into your garden or moving houseplants outside for the summer, take it slow and harden off your plants for one to two weeks before moving them outdoors.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2025
Environmental factors: Limited time spent outdoors during childhood and excessive near work (such as prolonged screen time or reading) are associated with high myopia and a higher risk of MMD.1314
Diagnosis
Eye doctors, such as ophthalmologists, can diagnose MMD through an eye exam.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Apr. 2025
Playing outdoors provides a good balance of spending time off screens.
—Emily Edlynn, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
Warm wood accents, plush furnishings, and thoughtful amenities create spaces that invite relaxation after active days outdoors.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdoors
Adverb
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For the best show, head outside during the early morning hours of April 22, as this is the peak of the meteor shower, ideally between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. local time, just before dawn.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But after a couple of minutes another cop came back in and told us to go outside with our hands up, Maldonado said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The division between who wants to be rescued and who wants to stay in the wilderness also gets bigger.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The plan for the night was to film the climactic scene where Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) takes Bob Wiley (Murray) into the wilderness and straps 20 pounds of explosives to his chest in a last-ditch attempt to finally remove the patient from his life.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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His third shot on the par-4 fifth was 152 yards out.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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According to financial sources: Skims, which had been out looking to top off its latest fundraising round ahead of a potential initial public offering in the second half, hit pause on the fundraising.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Outdoors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoors. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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