outwards

plural of outward

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Recent Examples of outwards In IconArrows pointing outwards WALL STREET'S TAKE While parts of Wall Street struggle to figure out what's going to happen around Iran, oil and energy, stock analysts were busy making calls this week. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 That headroom is not vast, which is why any January incomings likely require offsetting by movement outwards. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 But his script winds up spiraling inwards rather than outwards. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwards
Noun
  • Cindy rose to fame in the 1980s and became one of the most recognizable faces in fashion.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The smart home hub will have a home screen, widgets, and clock faces like those on an Apple Watch, and an interface that looks like a combination of iOS, tvOS, and watchOS.
    — Bee Wertheimer, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • My research provides a foundation for examining the internal architecture governing how pressure is processed before its effects become visible through decisions and behavior.
    — Dr Natalie Callis, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There’s a tremendous amount of intricate effects work on the film.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Pirates' Kirby Yates made his first career start after 517 relief appearances.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Tracking those appearances could help astronomers map the cluster's mass and refine measurements of the universe's expansion rate.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Airports in Minnesota, Florida and South Carolina left the best impressions on travelers, according to a new JD Power report.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But only the doctors’ impressions came to be regarded as reliable knowledge.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Outwards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwards. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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