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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Once the capsule is swallowed, the outer layer of the capsule is broken down, allowing the nutrients to be digested and absorbed.
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
Legislatures, not courts, are the proper place to decide the outer limits of what experiments doctors may inflict on children, and to adjust those decisions over time on the basis of changing conditions.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
The pilot holes’ diameter should be about 40% of the outer diameter of the screw threads.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
Outlying communities on the outer margins of metro areas — some as far away as 60 miles from a city’s center — had some of the fastest-growing populations last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
Legislatures, not courts, are the proper place to decide the outer limits of what experiments doctors may inflict on children, and to adjust those decisions over time on the basis of changing conditions.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
The pilot holes’ diameter should be about 40% of the outer diameter of the screw threads.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
Outlying communities on the outer margins of metro areas — some as far away as 60 miles from a city’s center — had some of the fastest-growing populations last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Outer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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