as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
our family loves to hike and camp in the great outdoors
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Recent Examples of outdoors
Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
Visitors can experience the exhibition from multiple locations and viewpoints—both inside museum walls and outdoors.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The scope of businesses relates to the arts, food and drink, lodging, outdoors and wellness and tourism and hospitality.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Others are located outdoors and are available for voters at all times.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
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Adverb
Growing microgreens outdoors in a garden requires a similar procedure:
Smooth out existing soil in your garden with a rake.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
Visitors can experience the exhibition from multiple locations and viewpoints—both inside museum walls and outdoors.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The scope of businesses relates to the arts, food and drink, lodging, outdoors and wellness and tourism and hospitality.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Others are located outdoors and are available for voters at all times.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdoors
Adverb
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This supports our mission to get more people active and outside.The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Shand repeatedly insisted there was no one else outside, even as five more desperate Indians wandered to the vehicle from the fields, including one going in and out of consciousness.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Bowers learned about them from fellow composer Thomas Kotcheff, and thought their approach to making sounds would evoke the wilderness setting of the movie.Fred Topel, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
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Experience Alaska’s wilderness on a seven-day rail trip to the Arctic Circle, complete with dog sledding and mineral baths.Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Adverb
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Of course, everybody’s out there trying their hardest to play hard to win and make the play to win the game.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Sam is putting herself out there in such a huge way for her.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Outdoors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoors. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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