the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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But here's what keeps me up at night, and what should be keeping you up too: the biggest threat to your organization isn't coming from the outside.
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Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
From the outside, Lyons’s house is a textbook Baltimore row home with a modest porch made for relaxing on a nice day or having a smoke while you people-watch.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 28 May 2025
There was no external indication of it at all; her nostrils looked even from the outside.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 28 May 2025
Among other suspicious circumstances surrounding the death, the daughters say, is that the entrance to the shelter structure was secured from the outside with a lock.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
From the outside, Lyons’s house is a textbook Baltimore row home with a modest porch made for relaxing on a nice day or having a smoke while you people-watch.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 28 May 2025
There was no external indication of it at all; her nostrils looked even from the outside.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 28 May 2025
Among other suspicious circumstances surrounding the death, the daughters say, is that the entrance to the shelter structure was secured from the outside with a lock.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the outside
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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