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adjective

in-ˈtir-ē-ər How to pronounce interior (audio)
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as in internal
of or relating to the mind the novel's characters have plenty of adventures, but their interior lives are never explored

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as in inner
situated farther in was given a windowless interior office

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interior

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noun

as in inside
an interior or internal part the interior of the computer was clogged with dust

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Recent Examples of interior
Adjective
Without a truly dominant interior presence, this is what can separate the Huskies in a hurry. — Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025 Also Monday, the country’s minister of the interior and police, Faride Raful, said local authorities were working directly with the FBI. — Chris Boyette, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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The interiors are a photo-ready celebration of round corners, modern design, and bold colors, including Andaz's signature pink escalators. — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025 Fraser in turn distracts us by making the interior of the car a chamber piece of organic lighting (not complaining, with this cast), at least until the half way mark when the story careens into its alter-ego, transforming from thriller to horror. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interior
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interior
  1. internal
  2. inner
  3. inside
  4. within
Adjective
  • But as the internal bickering drags on, all weary voters are seeing is a party with no shortage of talk about fighting Trump, but without a steady notion of how to actually do it.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Antioxidant-Rich Foods Cells in your gut are exposed to harmful compounds through internal and external sources.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of internal
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  • Take the Pet Personality Test to uncover their inner instincts and better understand their unique traits.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Dyrholm’s typically fearless performance is attentive to the character’s particular physical restrictions, but with a raging inner clarity that often erupts as a result.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of inner
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  • With its spiky, tentacle-like leaves and gooey insides, everyone wants an aloe vera plant on their window.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps the most impressive achievement of the day belonged to Shiffrin, who showed the necessary grit 10 weeks after her crash caused severe trauma to her oblique muscles and left her insides draining out of a deep puncture wound on the side of her abdomen.
    — Andrew Dampf, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of inside
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  • This revealed that the within-subjects standard deviation was on average nearly eight times higher than the corresponding between-subjects standard deviation.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2018
  • Cream blush will give you that lit-from-within glow.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 23 Nov. 2022
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