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

The outermost layer of the lava flow will almost immediately cool and form a crust, but the interior of the lava flow can remain molten for a time, Chadwick said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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

It had been her outermost dress when we came over.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver