: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
The storm began in the Plains before moving eastward, with the Appalachian Mountains experiencing significant icing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 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
As the storm pushes eastward through Sunday morning, upstate New York and southern New England could see up to a foot of snow.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
The storm began in the Plains before moving eastward, with the Appalachian Mountains experiencing significant icing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 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 19 Feb. 2025.
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