outside of

Idioms  

1. Except for, aside from, as in Outside of a little lipstick, she wore no makeup. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

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outside of

Now Kenyans are nervously waiting to see whether they acted in time—or whether Ebola will emerge outside of Nairobi’s quarantine wards and spread through the city of 5.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Today, "the main challenge is ensuring security of supply outside of China. This makes our project an important part of the equation," said Kevin Pallas, head of Group 6 Metals, which owns the mine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The odds are not lost on Nixon, who campaigned last week in Monticello, on the Georgia-Florida border, about 45 minutes outside of Tallahassee.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

So you need to make a rule outside of this argument: You both sign off on big-ticket decisions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

In 1946 we lived in a camp outside of Manila, which came in constant contact with belligerent soldiers called “Huks.”

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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