: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Smoke from area wildfires in Northern California will drift southward today as winds turn to the north.
—Ethan Wolin
updated July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
When given the sky, but still deprived of magnetic information, the moths overwhelmingly flew in the correct, migratory direction according to the season: north-northwest in fall, southwards in spring.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Meteorologists warn that as a weak cold front moves southward across the region, thunderstorms will develop and expand, intensifying overnight and into Sunday morning.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Smoke from area wildfires in Northern California will drift southward today as winds turn to the north.
—Ethan Wolin
updated July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
However, research suggests the AMOC has been slowing down over the last century, because excess freshwater from melting ice in Greenland is making the water less dense, reducing the southward flow.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
When given the sky, but still deprived of magnetic information, the moths overwhelmingly flew in the correct, migratory direction according to the season: north-northwest in fall, southwards in spring.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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