: westward direction or part
sail to the westward
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
The intrigue: The cold air may also spill westward into the Great Basin, setting up yet another period of strong, offshore Santa Ana winds in Southern California.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
To American expansionists, the conquest of the Philippines was a continuation of the United States’ westward drive and a fulfillment of its civilizing and democratizing mission.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
For example, one hurricane can be moving slowly westward in the Gulf, while at exactly the same time another hurricane can be moving rapidly northward along the Atlantic coast.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
The intrigue: The cold air may also spill westward into the Great Basin, setting up yet another period of strong, offshore Santa Ana winds in Southern California.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
The high-pressure system may 'retrograde' westward toward the Gulf of Alaska, in the opposite direction of motion of typical weather systems.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
To American expansionists, the conquest of the Philippines was a continuation of the United States’ westward drive and a fulfillment of its civilizing and democratizing mission.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Westward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westward. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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: westward direction or part
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