inward
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The expansion was analogous to the Big Bang, while the contraction resembled a Big Crunch, a hypothetical fate of the universe in which cosmic expansion eventually reverses and everything collapses inward.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
But Rembrandt pushed the genre inward, from self-presentation toward self-interrogation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Here, by contrast, the exploration turns further inward: “Self-Portrait, Age 23” becomes an inquiry not only into the nature of painting, but into the nature of the painter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He said a plexiglass windowpane facing the fairway was completely blown inward during the burst of wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He told her often that the experience had changed her and made her so much more inward.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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