outward

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Researchers believe it likely formed roughly 10,000 light years closer to the galactic center before gradually moving outward to its current location.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 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

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

Several are surrounded by ejecta blankets, debris blasted outward during the original impacts.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

It turned a pinkish shade that matched the inside of his palms, and then as the color spread outward, it took on the deep brown, nearly black, color of his skin.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste