: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The core of this low level jet will slowly move southward during the day and this will cause the winds over LA to slowly decrease.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Stone ridges extend like tendons, knuckles, and fingers from the northern border of the borough southward; these discouraged the construction of east-west roads and make the Bronx difficult to cross from east to west even today.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
By Friday night, the area of low pressure will shift southward, causing the snow from the Rockies to merge with the snow in the Upper Midwest, resulting in snowfall across parts of the Central Plains, The Weather Channel forecast.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The core of this low level jet will slowly move southward during the day and this will cause the winds over LA to slowly decrease.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
But something else is accelerating that shift southwards, something external.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Stone ridges extend like tendons, knuckles, and fingers from the northern border of the borough southward; these discouraged the construction of east-west roads and make the Bronx difficult to cross from east to west even today.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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