: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Feb. 2025
The highest chances for accumulating snow and slick travel conditions are over the Palmer Divide, southern and eastern parts of metro Denver and the adjacent plains eastward through Limon and Akron, forecasters said in the outlook.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Chula Vista is not threatened because winds are expected to blow eastward away from the city, officials said.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Four to eight inches of snow were forecast in the Plains region Tuesday, as well as eastward in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Feb. 2025
The highest chances for accumulating snow and slick travel conditions are over the Palmer Divide, southern and eastern parts of metro Denver and the adjacent plains eastward through Limon and Akron, forecasters said in the outlook.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
The site was used in the period when Christianity was slowly spreading northwards and eastwards from the realm of the Franks—a Germanic people who occupied large parts of Western Europe and Central Europe (with some expansion into Southern Europe) during the medieval era.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Chula Vista is not threatened because winds are expected to blow eastward away from the city, officials said.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Eastward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastward. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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