centrifugal
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“The cable is holding you up and simulating centrifugal force on the corner,” Corby said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
These are centrifugal forces shaping the uneasy calm in the world economy.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
The individual tiles and reinforcement bars create a striking impression of an enthralling and vertiginous centrifugal motion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
Her moods had a centrifugal force, pulling in everyone in her orbit.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024
According to Newton’s theory, the centrifugal force of the Earth’s spin should result in a slight flattening at the poles and a bulging at the equator, which would make the planet slightly oblate.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing centrifugal
The Glass Castle
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