outward looking
idiom
: thinking about other people or places
The country has become more outward looking in its economic policies.
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The Amazon Frontline is the outward looking arm of the Ceibo Alliance.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 13 May 2025
Mexican acting legend Silvia Pinal was also a notable omission, particularly given the more outward looking and international nature of The Academy these days.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
Still, fractured Lebanon is fundamentally an outward looking nation.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
And that, for me, is almost the creative part of my brain that just is open and absorbent and also outward looking and spontaneous.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2020
To position himself in this way—cautious toward the United States but not passive, flexible but ideologically impregnable, self-reliant but outward looking—will require a grace akin to walking a tightrope.
—Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019
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Simmone Shah, Time, 13 May 2025
Mexican acting legend Silvia Pinal was also a notable omission, particularly given the more outward looking and international nature of The Academy these days.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
Still, fractured Lebanon is fundamentally an outward looking nation.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
And that, for me, is almost the creative part of my brain that just is open and absorbent and also outward looking and spontaneous.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2020
To position himself in this way—cautious toward the United States but not passive, flexible but ideologically impregnable, self-reliant but outward looking—will require a grace akin to walking a tightrope.
—Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019
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“Outward looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outward%20looking. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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