inward

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Heavy metals such as iron sink inward and create the core, while lighter material remains above and eventually becomes the mantle and later the crust.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

While many people in your position might solely be looking inward, you are also looking the opposite direction.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Long seen as a philosophical counterpoint to “2001,” the film turns isolation inward, where the danger isn’t running out of resources but being unable to escape yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

He added that the set-up required a "shift in your concentration from outward to really kind of inward and making the words affect you more".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

He realized that the base pairs could now easily be stacked atop each other, facing inward into the center of the helix.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee