: westward direction or part
sail to the westward
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
In an August statement announcing that the plan would begin as early as spring, the wildlife agency said barred owls are native to eastern North America and moved westward in the 20th century.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
An avid mountain climber and skier, Weiner felt that American westward pull and, after training in hospitals in Pennsylvania and Vermont, took the job at St. Peter’s in 1996.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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Adverb or adjective
The planets will appear to rotate westward around the bright star Polaris and will be visible each night beginning early in the evening.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
In an August statement announcing that the plan would begin as early as spring, the wildlife agency said barred owls are native to eastern North America and moved westward in the 20th century.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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
An avid mountain climber and skier, Weiner felt that American westward pull and, after training in hospitals in Pennsylvania and Vermont, took the job at St. Peter’s in 1996.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Westward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westward. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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: westward direction or part
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