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also outdoors
as in open-air
of, relating to, or held in the open air
an outdoor picnic is always at the mercy of the weather, of course
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Recent Examples of outdoor
Community spaces will include rooms with a kitchenette for gatherings, a computer and library room, a craft room, a fitness room, an outdoor grill area with picnic tables and a dog park.
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2025
Native Plant Workshop: This workshop will include an in-classroom discussion and an outdoor native plant walk.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 6 Feb. 2025
Goose will headline an outdoor concert Sunday, June 1, at the Idaho Botanical Garden’s 4,000-capacity Outlaw Field.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2025
Native Plant Workshop: This workshop will include an in-classroom discussion and an outdoor native plant walk.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 6 Feb. 2025
Goose will headline an outdoor concert Sunday, June 1, at the Idaho Botanical Garden’s 4,000-capacity Outlaw Field.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdoor
Adjective
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In a 21-second video on their social media channels and YouTube, the visual begins with a pitch black screen before an aerial view of a massive, open-air stadium begins to come into view, with the camera panning over thousands of fans cheering from different angles.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
5 Feb. 2025
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The highlight of the 64-room property is an open-air hot spring pool surrounded by rolling, tropical green hills on all sides.—
Clarissa Wei,
AFAR Media,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Tarrant County Commissioners Court will consider approving another $20,000 to retain outside legal counsel for a jailer involved in the death of Marine veteran Anthony Johnson Jr. last April.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2025
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The fee scale was set with an intent to cover the city's costs due to working hours and a vehicle to service the food trucks and to capture what would be lost in sales tax due to outside vendors, Commissioner Scott Hefner previously said.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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Many oak tree species have thick outer bark that protects the inner cambium layer, from which new growth occurs.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
8 Feb. 2025
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The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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But as rain goes, Friday’s did not seem notably heavy, and no great determination or stout umbrella seemed needed to defy the drops and venture into the out-of-doors.—
Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
2 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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Rather than trying to fill his emotional needs via external means, the real mission in his trip through OBEX is regaining interest in the game of life.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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However, stepping away from the WHO and reducing international health aid could hinder efforts to address life-threatening diseases and outbreaks, particularly in lower-income nations that rely on external support for essential healthcare services.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Melillo and his husband, Lance Miletich, decamped to Miami from New York six years ago, looking for a more outdoorsy, sunny life for their always-on-the-go toddler.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
19 Aug. 2024
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Gabi wants an honest, outdoorsy man who will always put her first.—
Stephanie Wenger,
Peoplemag,
4 Jan. 2023
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“Outdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoor. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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