How native speakers pronounce “towards”

we are living in Fast Forward are we running towards something or are we really just running away from ourselves

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do you I want a shorter life that's pain-free, or a longer life that might have a great deal of pain towards the end? These are things to talk about and think about now,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

But there are 240 million 911 calls every year in the US. And we're building towards a future where the default expectation for every emergency

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

dead, that books themselves are hobbling towards the dusty heap of cultural irrelevance. irrelevance. Heresy,

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

Social predictions tend to act like magnets. They bend reality towards themselves. They affect the reality they purport to predict.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

that assumes people will harm or reject us and turn towards the part of ourselves that simply wants to love and connect with people

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

And then there's collective loneliness, which means I desire to be part of a group working towards a common goal. And this research on loneliness really suggests that, just like I said,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

And it was the ones that shared the most affirmation and affection towards each other, right? And so, just to go even deeper into the research rabbit hole,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

being generous with them or showing affection towards them. That also works online.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

They're less likely to dissolve friendships. They're more generous towards other people because, again, they fully humanize other people.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

in other words, systemically and perpetually geared towards creating obesity -- acting like weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

pushing you into a pool and yelling at you to swim. And if you have a genetic propensity towards excessive weight gain, long-term weight maintenance may simply be unattainable

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

or making a client happy or innovating on a new project, we develop a desire to take action towards that bar. I'm a recovering overachiever,

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

while another encouraged other women to get involved with a community that will push you towards your physical activity goals. She described the community as “like-minded individuals.”

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

you're still setting the bar for what you want. You're still taking action towards that bar. You're still adapting.

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

Find one goal you want to feel awkward for so that you can cross the chasm towards improvement. And practice embracing the awkward every day

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

CSB: How can people who feel truly stuck take a first step towards wellness? And how do you define wellness, too?

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

because defense and social cohesion defined its design. Urban priorities changed as we moved towards the industrial revolution because infectious disease became the risk of the day.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

whether you don't smoke, or if you did, whether you quit, and getting towards the top predictors are two features of your social life.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

God. Okay, >> we'll front kick towards We'll start with the right side.

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

what I think those foundational principles should be. If we're about to shift our marketing playbooks towards human love and companionship,

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

I want to see brands think very carefully on how to avoid nudging consumers towards behaviors or decisions they wouldn't make if fully informed.

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

more productive towards the end of the 19th century Frederick Taylor an American inventor

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which will be incredible. BS: So as we push towards a zenith, autonomy has been a big topic of discussion.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

The attack might begin the same way: Chinese missiles streak towards Taiwan. But this time, the response is instant.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

as a global public good governed safely towards human flourishing for the benefit of all. (Applause)

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

We have to try because all of this is not deterministic. If we can shift the probabilities towards a greater safety for our future, we have to try.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

and we must act now to shape and drive that transformation towards humanistic values. Of these two diverging roads,

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

ultimately they all feel more seen, more accepted. It forges a new generation of pioneers towards equity. That vision of a new generation of pioneers towards equity

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

It forges a new generation of pioneers towards equity. That vision of a new generation of pioneers towards equity is what inspired young leaders to create a campaign at Our Turn called Truth(Ed).

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

This is known as civil inattention. So, imagine two people are walking towards each other on the street. They'll glance at each other from a distance.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

what percentage of a subscription, revenue or whatever goes towards each answer. In principle, it should be possible

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

um Ukraine the war in Ukraine 3 years on should be heading towards a ceasefire so I think there will be less Ukraine in

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

the United States has instead move towards a more Chinese model in other words the United States is increasingly

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

come to an agreement it's more likely that we're heading towards direct confrontation let's change Tac just a little bit so

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

the reasons, among many, that shifting diets towards more plant-rich options is a good idea for climate.

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

they are viewed as superior in comparison to lesser-spoken languages. So couples naturally gravitate towards them. Again, English versus Austrian German?

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

That's the humor that counts. And work towards an equal power dynamic. Give each other chances to grow in each other's languages and countries.

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

What I'm saying is that the actual system here doesn't obviously pull towards mistrust. It actually pulls towards -- like it's key to win people's trust

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

doesn't obviously pull towards mistrust. It actually pulls towards -- like it's key to win people's trust for them to succeed.

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

One of them is, I think, you have to have a vision for what you're working towards, because when you're going through tough times,

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

And the second thing is really being able to set that vision of what we're working towards, and making sure just to constantly remind everyone of what that vision is:

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

is not that they don't experience these difficult hurt feelings, it's that they turn towards those difficult feelings with kindness and compassion

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

We decided -- we chose -- to do what it took to find our way, turning towards each of those sleepy hedgehogs, those difficult hurt feelings,

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

So my second story that I'm about to tell you is that I grew up towards the tail end of apartheid South Africa. And what that meant was that I was in the first cohort of kids,

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

It can be really hard to see when unhealthy love turns towards abuse, but it's fair to say that the more of these markers

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

Time of breakup can be a real trigger for violence. If you fear you might be headed towards abuse or in abuse, you need to consult with experts to get the advice on how to leave safely.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

This is kind of the Elysium future that's ahead of us. The second option is that actually we are heading towards a Mad Max future, where we intensify the conflict between countries,k

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

We have a potential to to get there. Unfortunately, today, we are heading towards the first two. And the forces of what's driving it

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

is actually going to take a lot of work for us to move from the first forces towards the first two, towards that last one.

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

to move from the first forces towards the first two, towards that last one. MZ: Can we get into that a little bit more?

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

your daughter, whether your offspring or heir to your triumph, from her comforted side of history teetering towards woman, she will wonder and ask voraciously,

Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016? | TED · TED

I know that we can build a world where technological marvels are directed towards people's benefit, using their input.

How AI and Democracy Can Fix Each Other | Divya Siddarth | TED · TED

and falls away in its dominance. Then, you have horizon three, the future we're heading towards. When it comes to change,

A Fresh Approach to Resolving Conflicts | Darya Shaikh | TED · TED

One in which we shift the systems we have towards using the solution of democracy to build the worlds we want to see. The future is up to us.

How AI and Democracy Can Fix Each Other | Divya Siddarth | TED · TED

It becomes the foundation for progress. When you know what you want, you get to step towards that autonomy and that competence and that confidence that we were talking about before.

How to Tame Your Advice Monster | Michael Bungay Stanier | TED · TED

nose around slightly, and just the eyes down towards the ground beneath you. And just the eyes again, slowly bringing up back to me.

Why Body Language Is the Key to Self-Expression — and Hot Selfies | David Suh | TED · TED

I'm going to have you go for a little leg cross. This hand leaning towards the knee. Feel that shift of the balance onto that knee relaxing this wrist,

Why Body Language Is the Key to Self-Expression — and Hot Selfies | David Suh | TED · TED

this hand just placing on top of that wrist. Bring your shoulder around ever so slightly towards your chin. And wait for me right here.

Why Body Language Is the Key to Self-Expression — and Hot Selfies | David Suh | TED · TED

It never worked. So I finally turned towards her and I finally said the things that she had always needed to hear.

What Losing Everything Taught Me About Resilience | Jane Marie Chen | TED · TED

so many women I talk to tell me that they gravitate towards careers and professions that they know they're going to be great in,

Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani

We have been told time and time again that we are heading towards climate apocalypse. And I ask, haven't many communities suffered apocalypse?

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

Haven't many communities ended with colonization, with displacement? And so I choose to say that we’re not heading towards apocalypse, we are rising from many.

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

everything from the glockenspiel to Octavia Butler, I walk excitedly towards what's next because I know somewhere between the two lies my next adventure.

Let Curiosity Lead | Yara Shahidi | TED · TED

So I'm very optimistic, of course, that's why I spent my whole life working on AI and working towards AGI. But I suspect there are many ways to build the architecture safely, robustly,

How AI Is Unlocking the Secrets of Nature and the Universe | Demis Hassabis | TED · TED

On our current trajectory, we're headed towards the emergence of something that we are all struggling to describe,

What Is an AI Anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman | TED · TED

over which we increase risk in our society. And it's something that we should step towards very, very closely. The other would be something like recursive self-improvement.

What Is an AI Anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman | TED · TED

When we sat them facing east, time came towards the body. What's the pattern?

How Language Shapes the Way We Think | Lera Boroditsky | TED · TED

When all homework or student work has a number or a letter on it, and counts towards a final grade, rather than being used for practice, mistakes, feedback and revision,

Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about | TED · TED

because it redistributes power and money back towards the original designers and creators. But it's not just about creativity and aesthetics.

What’s the Point of Digital Fashion? | Karinna Grant | TED · TED

and so much more. And towards the end, it's unclear whether there is still someone experiencing something,

Where Does Your Sense of Self Come From? A Scientific Look | Anil Ananthaswamy | TED · TED

And that knowledge, I believe, should make us empathetic towards those of us dealing with altered selves. But I also believe that altered selves

Where Does Your Sense of Self Come From? A Scientific Look | Anil Ananthaswamy | TED · TED

So how do we shift out of despair, out of denial, towards something radically different? There's a quote in "Spider-Man":

Clover Hogan: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable | TED · TED

what this planet has to offer. We can use our feelings towards the natural world in a more constructive way,

Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action | Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

North, I think about the North Star, a guide towards the good and right thing to do. In tricky situations, I remember my mom's voice.

How to Speak Up — Even When You Don’t Want To | Sarah Crawford-Bohl | TED · TED

Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time.

Keep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers

I believe that humanity is currently on a pathway towards ecological and technological self-termination. But history gives me genuine hope that it doesn't have to be this way.

Lessons From History for a Better Future | Roman Krznaric | TED · TED

to the risks of AI and genetic engineering. As we journey towards tomorrow, let us be guided by the Maori proverb,

Lessons From History for a Better Future | Roman Krznaric | TED · TED

Then we can switch gears and call on our intuition to help guide us towards a great decision. Now this is the opposite of what we tend to do, right?

How to Make Big Decisions in Challenging Circumstances | Jonathan Reimer | TED · TED

and that a small tweak to the way that we use our intuition can make it much easier to guide us towards better decisions. Instead of having an intuition

How to Make Big Decisions in Challenging Circumstances | Jonathan Reimer | TED · TED