: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Kona storm to last all week The storm's effects are expected to begin later March 10 with flash flooding risks to Kauai and Oahu, the westernmost Hawaiian Islands, and moisture will spread eastward to the rest of the state through at least March 14, the weather service said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Mar. 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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One supercell appeared to produce a long-track tornado that started west of Kankakee, moved through that town and nearby Aroma Park, and then eastward into Indiana, striking areas in and around Wheatfield.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Kona storm to last all week The storm's effects are expected to begin later March 10 with flash flooding risks to Kauai and Oahu, the westernmost Hawaiian Islands, and moisture will spread eastward to the rest of the state through at least March 14, the weather service said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Mar. 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 14 Mar. 2026.
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