as in farthest
most distant from a center
the outermost ring of listeners had trouble hearing the concert
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Recent Examples of outermost
These models may have one armrest only on the outermost seats in the bench, while others will place armrests between each seat.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
In the outermost layers of neutron stars, the density is billions of times greater than the density of a diamond.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The hypothesis lined up with previous speculation that the area had undergone lithospheric foundering, which happens when Earth’s outermost layer sinks into the lower layer of the mantle.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
CMEs are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
In the outermost layers of neutron stars, the density is billions of times greater than the density of a diamond.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The hypothesis lined up with previous speculation that the area had undergone lithospheric foundering, which happens when Earth’s outermost layer sinks into the lower layer of the mantle.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
CMEs are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outermost
farthest
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That's close to the farthest point in its orbit, which is 252,088 miles away, according to NASA.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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Shortly before entering that orbit, NASA says Orion will travel 57, 287 miles beyond the moon at its farthest point from the lunar surface.—
Lee Roop | [email protected],
al,
23 Nov. 2022
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“Outermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outermost. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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