outmost

Example Sentences

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"We will do our outmost to bring all stranded people back before Christmas."

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2022

Group 17 elements, including fluorine and chlorine, have seven electrons in their outmost shells, so they tend to fill this shell with an electron from other atoms or molecules, making them negatively charged ions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The new boom has already wiped outmost vestiges of the deep downturn that hit the industry about the time of the Arab oil embargo in late 1973.

From Time Magazine Archive

And far out in the Pacific, 1,242 miles west of Kodiak, is the Navy's outmost listening post, Kiska Island, which can be used as an advance base for U. S. Navy operations.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a pair of horses, keep the two short chapes outmost, and the loops on the middle downward.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.