: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The move would likely anger Moscow, which views NATO's encroachment — and any shift of its member countries' military might — eastward as a threat.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Jeff Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Potentially deadly flash flooding was forecast through Saturday for the South and Midwest as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged.
—Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, April 29, all modes of severe weather – hail, high winds and a few tornadoes – are possible as the front advances eastward from the Plains to the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski in an online forecast.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The move would likely anger Moscow, which views NATO's encroachment — and any shift of its member countries' military might — eastward as a threat.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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
Potentially deadly flash flooding was forecast through Saturday for the South and Midwest as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged.
—Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Eastward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastward. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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