outer

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Huang said the breakthrough came when firefighters were able strip the outer casing of the tank to allow for better cooling.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

It also became a classic example of a long-standing chemistry principle stating that stable transition metal complexes typically contain 18 electrons in their outer shell according to formal electron counting methods.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

It’s like a meteor coming from outer space and hitting you on the head.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

One wing stretches west along the river toward Louisville, absorbing some of its outer suburbs.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Its outer walls are made entirely of rounded glass, but a circular tube of dark metal encapsulates the glass walls.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera