on the outside
Example Sentences
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The gift of sibling relationships can seem, to those of us on the outside, to come with a hefty dose of paradox.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Robinson was on the outside when the Bazball revolution began in 2022, yet, by the end of that summer, Robinson, calling himself a "gym freak", was a fixture under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The people who are inside prisons naturalize them as much as people on the outside.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
But as it turns out, the drone thermometers were detecting the temperatures only on the outside of the problem tank, not its inside.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
They’re far bigger on the inside than they appear to be on the outside.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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