: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
Forecasters from the National Weather Service (NWS) are predicting that November will end in unseasonably cold weather for the contiguous U.S. due to cold air being pushed southward from Arctic regions.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
After its departure from the Norwegian Sea, the Yantar was tracked sailing southward and passing through the English Channel, separating Great Britain from continental Europe.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Adverb or adjective
On November 30, seemingly out of nowhere, HTS rebels took Syria’s second city, Aleppo, in a single day and swept southward to Damascus.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
Forecasters from the National Weather Service (NWS) are predicting that November will end in unseasonably cold weather for the contiguous U.S. due to cold air being pushed southward from Arctic regions.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
On December 4, two destroyers and one frigate of the Chinese navy were spotted transiting the Miyako Strait southward.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
After its departure from the Norwegian Sea, the Yantar was tracked sailing southward and passing through the English Channel, separating Great Britain from continental Europe.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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