: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Researchers hoped the whales were heading southward to round Florida back into the Atlantic.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
That system, moving from the northern part of the state southward, will mainly bring heavy rain with some potential for storms.
—Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Sea ice would spread southward as far as Scandinavia, parts of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the research found.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Researchers hoped the whales were heading southward to round Florida back into the Atlantic.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
Air quality in parts of the U.S. began worsening late last week as high-altitude winds carried smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada southward.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
That system, moving from the northern part of the state southward, will mainly bring heavy rain with some potential for storms.
—Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2025
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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