on the outside
Example Sentences
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The fire started in the kitchen of a fourth floor flat and then spread rapidly on the outside of the building via combustible cladding.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
That helps current employees who may be holding on to their jobs, yet it’s rough for newcomers who are on the outside looking in.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
“That catharsis is another feeling and I knew so much of my audience had an experience with this music, but maybe had to compartmentalize and be on the outside in order to enjoy it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
CAR T-cell therapy can recognize proteins that naturally sit on the outside of cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
If you put two metal plates close together and some of those particles aren’t allowed between the plates, then there are more particles on the outside of the plates than on the inside.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
