inward

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Here, she turns that same archival rigor inward on her own family’s immigrant story, as unsparing as it is tender.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

You want the straight side of each triangle to face outward while both triangles’ angled sides face inward toward each other.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Coltrane’s account of her inward quest is simultaneously proto-Afrofuturist, transcendental and totally human.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Mean curvature captures how the surface bends in space, indicating whether it curves inward or outward and by how much.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

After she had offered the challenge, all he could think about was learning in school how shark teeth angled inward so fish could swim in but not out.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull