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Adjective
Coconut rhinoceros beetles were detected for the first time on islands statewide in subsequent months, while little fire ants caused serious concern on Oahu's windward coast.—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024 For example, high-elevation terrain often forces storm systems to drop more rain on the mountains’ windward side but scientists aren’t sure whether that phenomenon might play a role in cases like Helene’s Appalachian deluge.—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
This 10-night sailing from Miami embarks on Regent Seven Seas' newest ship, Seven Seas Splendor, for a leisurely sail through the Caribbean’s windward isles.—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2022 Over time, the model huddle tended to take on the shape of a flat-sided oval and travel slowly downwind (as penguins on the windward side continuously moved away from it).—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2012 See All Example Sentences for windward
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On Bonaire’s westerly, leeward side, calmer wind and water conditions offer more favorable diving conditions.
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Erik Trinidad,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Mar. 2025
For instance, mature bucks often bed on leeward ridges, ridge endings, bench edges, and more.
Doku is a unique player in an unusual situation; a tireless, free spirit striving to find escape routes down the flanks in a heavily structured and — this season, at least — easily frustrateable side.
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Thom Harris,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
To accommodate neighbors; desire for a xx-foot setback, Shulman’s design shaves off the tower’s north flank.
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