inward

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Gas flowing inward and the pull of gravity create angular momentum, setting these systems in motion.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Barat says the presence of these heavy molecules confirms that both planets likely originated in the outer regions of their system and migrated inward together while preserving their atmospheres.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

You want the straight side of each triangle to face outward while both triangles’ angled sides face inward toward each other.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

To call him a good loser is simply untrue—though from what we can tell the bitterness was always directed inward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

They’d been pushed inward with such force that they’d come off the hinges and were simply propped against the walls of the school’s main corridor.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles