: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
An extremely cold arctic air mass is expected to plunge south from Canada, setting up a clash with rain streaming eastward across the southern United States.
—Troy Bridges, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Ritsuko Kawai, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
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
Heavy snow is expected in the southern Rockies and the south-central Plains, extending eastward through the mid-Atlantic.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
An extremely cold arctic air mass is expected to plunge south from Canada, setting up a clash with rain streaming eastward across the southern United States.
—Troy Bridges, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
In the first phase, long cracks appeared along the ice flow, gradually extending eastward.
—Ritsuko Kawai, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
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 27 Jan. 2026.
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