: westward direction or part
sail to the westward
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Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Higher elevations, especially westward-facing slopes of the Ridges and Laurel Highlands, will have a higher chance for travel to be impacted as usual.
—Ron Smiley, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Hurricane Erin is currently making its closest approach to the United States after ten days moving westwards across the Atlantic.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Neutrality allowed the nation to build strength, expand westward, and avoid the ideological contagions sweeping the continent.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Higher elevations, especially westward-facing slopes of the Ridges and Laurel Highlands, will have a higher chance for travel to be impacted as usual.
—Ron Smiley, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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
Hurricane Erin is currently making its closest approach to the United States after ten days moving westwards across the Atlantic.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Westward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westward. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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: westward direction or part
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