outer

Example Sentences

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A makeshift window on the back wall opens onto what looks like a portal to outer space.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Tesco has also arranged to send bananas out to Orkney's outer isles.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The outer perimeter parking lots seemed orderly when a Wall Street Journal reporter recently visited.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Nob Hill had a reputation as a relatively well-to-do enclave, but here, in its outer reaches, the vacancies were becoming hard to ignore.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Secondary waves move through the solid rock of the mantle, but cannot penetrate the molten iron outer core.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland