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exterior

[ik-steer-ee-er] / ɪkˈstɪər i ər /




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“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Scientists were surprised that microbes like these could endure exposure on the exterior of the space station.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Those rules, announced in February by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will require door handles to have both interior and exterior mechanical releases.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Never exactly its strong suit, the exterior gets a makeover with the revised front end, incorporating a transverse lightbar between the sidemarker/turn signal assemblies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

I see its awning from a full block away—its white stone exterior gleams in the sun.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

While no photos of the ultraprivate property are available, a shot from Reynolds’ Instagram account with his mom gives a sense of the graphite exteriors of the charming property.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Murphy describes the Union Street buildings as being "stone box exteriors with timber in it" - the same sort of design technique used by Mackintosh at the School of Art.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

Ford switched the F-series pickups’ exteriors to aluminum from steel a decade ago to make the trucks lighter and improve fuel economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 13, 2025

“A friend once remarked,” she writes, “that while most people had very strong, competent exteriors and were a bowl of jelly inside, I was just the opposite.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2025

Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that’s been blown off the exteriors of the candy-colored buildings.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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