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centrifugal

[sen-trif-yuh-guhl, -uh-guhl] / sɛnˈtrɪf jə gəl, -ə gəl /


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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 city feels centrifugal, separated in spirit and in geography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

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

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024

There were fifty or sixty huge structures still standing, streets were dusty but paved, and you could see one or two old centrifugal fountains still pulsing wetly in the plazas.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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