: westward direction or part
sail to the westward
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Berkeley city staff in a report to council submitted before the meeting said the most likely scenario for a catastrophic blaze in Berkeley would involve a wildfire starting in Tilden or Wildcat Canyon regional parks east of the city, with flames pushed westward by seasonal Diablo Winds.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
Craig Martin, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
Continuing westward, Mars formed a different type of isosceles triangle with Pollux and Castor on Feb. 2, with Pollux marking the vertex and Mars and Castor forming the base.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
The California coast typically benefits from cooler water that flows southward along the coast and winds that tend to either shear the tops off hurricanes or push them westward away from the coast.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Berkeley city staff in a report to council submitted before the meeting said the most likely scenario for a catastrophic blaze in Berkeley would involve a wildfire starting in Tilden or Wildcat Canyon regional parks east of the city, with flames pushed westward by seasonal Diablo Winds.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
Also known as the Camino Francés (the French Way), this route starts at St. Jean Pied-du-Port in France, crosses the Pyrenees, and continues westwards across Spain about 60 miles south of the coast.
—Craig Martin, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
Continuing westward, Mars formed a different type of isosceles triangle with Pollux and Castor on Feb. 2, with Pollux marking the vertex and Mars and Castor forming the base.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Westward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westward. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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