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centrifugal

adjective as in radiating from a central point

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Her moods had a centrifugal force, pulling in everyone in her orbit.

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The individual tiles and reinforcement bars create a striking impression of an enthralling and vertiginous centrifugal motion.

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The city feels centrifugal, separated in spirit and in geography.

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The “widening gyre” foretells the polarization of society, the centrifugal forces tearing the collective fabric into ideological extremes.

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As an earthbound motorcyclist speeds around the cylinder, their inertia pushes them into the wall, creating an outward centrifugal force.

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