: northward direction or part
sail to the northward
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Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The team suggests that as the effects of the Little Ice Age faded, manatees began to extend their range northward towards Florida.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2022
What To Watch For Spain’s meteorological agency forecast more rainfall through Thursday that will likely move to the northward.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Adverb or adjective
Another Washington's treaty ally, Japan, reported that a submarine and a rescue towboat of Russia on December 3 were sailing northward in the waters between two of the country's southwestern islands , a marginal sea of the Western .
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The team suggests that as the effects of the Little Ice Age faded, manatees began to extend their range northward towards Florida.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
The last leg of our journey was a four-hour flight northward from Prince George in a chartered Norseman.
—Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2022
What To Watch For Spain’s meteorological agency forecast more rainfall through Thursday that will likely move to the northward.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Northward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northward. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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