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outer

[ou-ter] / ˈaʊ tər /


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For salad lovers, experts recommend buying whole heads of lettuce and removing and discarding the outer couple of layers of leaves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The decline , externalhas been steeper in inner than outer London.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Finish them off with flaky sea salt, then store them in the freezer for 30 minutes or until the outer chocolate shell has hardened.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

It may have come from a distant region of the outer Solar System filled with rocky debris, or from the outer part of the asteroid belt near Jupiter.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

I hold my breath and slip around the doorjamb into the outer corridor.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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