centrifugal
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The centripetal forces that draw the two countries together and the centrifugal ones that drive them apart are both strong and in flux.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
These are centrifugal forces shaping the uneasy calm in the world economy.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
The city feels centrifugal, separated in spirit and in geography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
As the cells are forced through the spiral at very high speeds, various forces, including centrifugal forces, act on the cells.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
He invented the spiral balance spring still used in some watches today; made fundamental contributions to mechanics—e.g., the calculation of centrifugal force—and, from a study of the game of dice, to the theory of probability.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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