outside of

preposition

Examples of outside of in a Sentence

outside of that project you don't like, I don't think you have many choices budget cuts will result in some teachers teaching courses outside of their primary areas of expertise
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Although children’s online games can often be poorly monitored and even muddled with Call of Duty-level slurs, otherworldly characters and anthropomorphic animals allow players to imagine an existence outside of the gender binary. Peyton Dix, Them., 27 May 2025 Founded by restaurateur Danny Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group, the first Shake Shack outside of New York City opened on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach back in 2010. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025 The inmates caught Monday were the first of the escapees found outside of New Orleans. Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 27 May 2025 The family of four lived outside of Redding, where Keith worked as an audiovisual specialist at Best Buy. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for outside of

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of outside of was circa 1840

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“Outside of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20of. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

outside of

preposition
1
2
: except for
outside of her brother she is alone in the house
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