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outward

[out-werd] / ˈaʊt wərd /


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Dwayne Johnson’s performance in “The Smashing Machine,” for all the film’s flaws, cleverly reconciled the dissonance between the outward images of masculine power and internal feelings of self-loathing.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The researchers used those data to determine whether each person would benefit more from turning the toes inward or outward, and whether a 5° or 10° adjustment would be best.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

For the first time, they became noticeable straight-on, protruding outward and appearing to sit higher on her face.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Even as I watched, a pinprick of light near the horizon erupted silently, pulsed with soft blue light, then spread outward.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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