the outside
noun
: an area around or near something (such as a building)
The house looks nice from the outside.
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Have Faith Haiti, with its 30-foot-tall walls, barbed wire and guard towers, looks like a prison from the outside.
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Denise Schrier Cetta, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Despite the high number of hospices registered, none of the signs on the outside appeared to be for a hospice.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
Milton excelled in restricting King Philip to the outside, allowing just eight shots on sophomore goalie Caera Hart (seven saves) the whole way.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
But there is also, almost always, the outside frame, which clarifies the artifice of filmmaking, and the labor that goes into it.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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Denise Schrier Cetta, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Despite the high number of hospices registered, none of the signs on the outside appeared to be for a hospice.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
Milton excelled in restricting King Philip to the outside, allowing just eight shots on sophomore goalie Caera Hart (seven saves) the whole way.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
But there is also, almost always, the outside frame, which clarifies the artifice of filmmaking, and the labor that goes into it.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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“The outside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outside. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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