: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
That has led to a surge in construction eastward on I-70, northeast on I-76 and northward on I-25.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
The coming days were also forecast to bring the risk of potentially deadly flash flooding to the South and Midwest as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged.
—Jeff Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Following its stop in Australia, the command ship transited eastward to New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
That has led to a surge in construction eastward on I-70, northeast on I-76 and northward on I-25.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Noun
Sometimes this sheet expanded eastward to merge with the other, but in warmer times the glaciers parted, opening the Ice-Free Corridor.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
The coming days were also forecast to bring the risk of potentially deadly flash flooding to the South and Midwest as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged.
—Jeff Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Eastward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastward. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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