on the outside
Example Sentences
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However, these antibodies have been designed to spot markings - called folate receptor alpha - that appear on the outside of some ovarian cancer cells.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The people who are inside prisons naturalize them as much as people on the outside.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
“I was looking out—something on the outside of the bed had tapped me,” he said, adding that he wasn’t scared because the presence didn’t feel hostile.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Termites wear their support system on the outside in the form of an exoskeleton.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Everything that used to mean something to me is on the outside, hopelessly out of reach.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
