: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Timeline Monday, May 26-Tuesday, May 27On Monday, the 84%-lit waxing gibbous moon moves eastward into Virgo, heading toward bright star Spica.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 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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Adverb or adjective
Storms are expected to begin as isolated cells during peak heating before evolving into clusters or complexes that move eastward.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Timeline Monday, May 26-Tuesday, May 27On Monday, the 84%-lit waxing gibbous moon moves eastward into Virgo, heading toward bright star Spica.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Noun
Within a few seconds, the 408-foot-tall (124-meter) rocket, the largest ever built, cleared the launch tower and turned onto an eastward heading over the Gulf of Mexico.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 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 6 Jun. 2026.
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