out-of-doors
Example Sentences
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Food and Drug Administration, requires that “pasture-raised” animals “had continuous, free access to the out-of-doors for a significant portion of their lives.”
From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024
Eightysomethings hold onto the railings when going up and down stairs and rarely emerge out-of-doors if there is ice on the streets.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019
“We can read a book about nature and the out-of-doors, and a lot of the things in that book are in this park,” says Jay, gesturing across the Jefferson Park classroom.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2016
The story Wild cares about, and tells with admirable honesty and cinematic grace, has less to do with the out-of-doors than with the inside-of-head.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2014
The real fun of Halloween, trick-or-treating and being allowed to tear around out-of-doors late at night, was absolutely out.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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