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as in open-air
of, relating to, or held in the open air
an outdoor picnic is always at the mercy of the weather, of course
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Recent Examples of outdoor
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
The outdoor market brings together 130 vendors selling a wide variety of handcrafted or vintage goods, fine art and artisan food.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Bike hike as team Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville offers outdoor team building activities designed for corporate groups and organizations.
—Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Why Trust Travel + Leisure Kevin Brouillard is a commerce writer specializing in outdoor gear and apparel.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
The outdoor market brings together 130 vendors selling a wide variety of handcrafted or vintage goods, fine art and artisan food.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Bike hike as team Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville offers outdoor team building activities designed for corporate groups and organizations.
—Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Why Trust Travel + Leisure Kevin Brouillard is a commerce writer specializing in outdoor gear and apparel.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
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The mobile theater initiative will feature two 120-seat inflatable venues at the main festival grounds, complemented by a traveling open-air screen that will move between North and South Goa during the festival’s run from Nov. 20-28.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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The open-air property sits above the Ewaso Nyiro River, where herds of elephants frequently come to bathe.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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The decrease in cost ratio is due to a reduction in reliance on outside contractors.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The allocation earmarked would pay for long-term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies to curtail a string of gun violence incidents in Antioch, especially in the Sycamore corridor and Cavallo Road area.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Avoid thawing your turkey at room temperature for this reason, as the outer parts of the turkey can warm up and fall within the danger zone, even while the interior remains frozen.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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During the final stages of their lives, red supergiants shed their outer gas and dust layers, a process that can last for thousands of years.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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But as rain goes, Friday’s did not seem notably heavy, and no great determination or stout umbrella seemed needed to defy the drops and venture into the out-of-doors.Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
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Earlier this year, my book The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking around in the out-of-doors—climbing, backpacking, hiking, skiing, trail running, mountain biking, bike touring, and just about everything else.Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2017
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In the worst-case scenario, Pyongyang may resort to attacking South Korea to deliberately create an external crisis, forcing China to intervene on North Korea’s behalf.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Helly Hansen’s two-layer LIFA merino tech, which sandwiches an internal synthetic layer with an external merino layer, allows folks who are wool-sensitive to experience the material’s benefits.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Melillo and his husband, Lance Miletich, decamped to Miami from New York six years ago, looking for a more outdoorsy, sunny life for their always-on-the-go toddler.Mark Holgate, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
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Gabi wants an honest, outdoorsy man who will always put her first.Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
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“Outdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdoor. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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