outermost

Example Sentences

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Past conflicts—due largely to a considerable lag between U.S. doctrine and technology—began with the outermost defensive ring and painfully worked toward the innermost ring of the capital, he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

That’s when the star goes supernova, which we can detect as soon as the bounced off material breaks through the star's outermost layer — we call this the shock breakout.

From Space Scoop • Nov. 28, 2025

Greenland’s forbidding environment, at the outermost boundary of the European and North American world, have long made it one of the strangest places on earth.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2024

There, in the outermost layer of the brain, 20 billion neurons process countless sensory perceptions, plan actions, and form the basis of our consciousness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024

“Will everybody please line up behind that far desk in front of the Children’s Room?” said Dr. Zinchenko, gesturing toward one of the wooden tables in the outermost ring of the room.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein