: westward direction or part
sail to the westward
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
It was invented to protect property and to control property and to control movement and to break up unions and to help the country expand westward by removing Indigenous people from their land.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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That’s a Conestoga wagon woefully outfitted with sails to ostensibly use the wind to streak westward across the prairie.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
It was invented to protect property and to control property and to control movement and to break up unions and to help the country expand westward by removing Indigenous people from their land.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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“Westward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westward. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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westward
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: westward direction or part
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