outward

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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

The mind can become trapped in narrow loops of worry and rumination, or it can move outward, forming new associations and imagining multiple future possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Star formation begins in dense central regions and slowly spreads outward over billions of years, a process known as "inside-out" growth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Alongside the 2004 guidance sit two diagrams demonstrating the overhead and outward reach of an average older woman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Everything about him jutted outward: jaw, elbows, brow.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell