: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Warmer surface waters weaken the trade winds, triggering more downwelling Kelvin waves that push warm water eastward and reinforce the warming.
—Pedro Dinezio, The Conversation, 14 May 2026
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
As the comet neared its closest approach, its direction of origin would have meant that its motion in the sky began to accelerate eastwards, not westwards, fast enough to begin to counter Earth's rotation in the opposite direction.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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The Juan de Fuca plate, located in the northeast Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of North America, is moving eastward toward the North American plate at a rate of about four centimeters per year, according to the PNSN.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Warmer surface waters weaken the trade winds, triggering more downwelling Kelvin waves that push warm water eastward and reinforce the warming.
—Pedro Dinezio, The Conversation, 14 May 2026
Noun
Around 4,500 to 5,000 black bears live in Massachusetts, and their range is expanding eastward.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
As the comet neared its closest approach, its direction of origin would have meant that its motion in the sky began to accelerate eastwards, not westwards, fast enough to begin to counter Earth's rotation in the opposite direction.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Eastward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastward. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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