outward

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This occurs when continental crust gradually stretches outward from a central point.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Dwayne Johnson’s performance in “The Smashing Machine,” for all the film’s flaws, cleverly reconciled the dissonance between the outward images of masculine power and internal feelings of self-loathing.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

It looks like an oddly shaped boat with an arm of floaties extending outward to one end of the rocky shore.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The floor-to-ceiling windows curve outward and are covered in dust and grime, and there’s a giant stone fireplace in the wall to the right, but no furniture.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone