: eastward direction or part
sail to the eastward
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2024
While a perception exists that manufacturing jobs in Europe have shifted eastward, Elias van Herwaarden, head of location strategy for Colliers Occupiers Services EMEA, points out that manufacturing jobs created via FDI since 2019 have been predominantly in western and central Europe.
—Courtney Fingar, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Engineers then sculpted the sand into a hook that curved eastward along the shore, ensuring that waves would push the sand northeast toward beaches near The Hague.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
Light rain is also possible for areas of eastern Texas on Thursday before showers spread across the Mississippi Valley by Friday as a cold front slowly heads eastward, AccuWeather forecasters reported.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
That line has shifted eastward in recent decades, and corn states risk becoming drier, requiring more irrigation.
—Max Bearak, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
Winds are expected to gust above 40 mph on Saturday and Sunday in several states as the storm system moves eastward across the country.
—Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Cybele Mayes-Osterman A winter storm is expected to usher in a snowy start to spring, with snowfall already beginning in parts of the Midwest on Friday morning before the storm moves eastward to drop snow on upstate New York and New England later in the weekend.
—USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Damaging thunderstorms are expected to fire up late Sunday afternoon from central Texas to central Kansas and track slowly eastward through the evening.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
These storms will intensify and track eastward overnight along the Ohio River, moving into parts of Ohio by early Wednesday morning.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
The Houthis are extending their power eastward and southward by making tribal alliances, worrying Saudi Arabia because the leadership is comprised of Zaydi Shiites, and the Saudis fear Iranian influence (although there is little evidence of this).
—Charles Schmitz, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2011
Because a little rain fell after midnight from Interstate 95 eastward, the two-day totals for the storm reached 2.16 inches at National and 2.28 inches at BWI.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
But there was an equally vigorous sea trade from India eastward, to Indonesia.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
But every few years, the trade winds that blow from east to west weaken, allowing that warm water to slosh eastward and pile up along the equator.
—CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
Nando and Roberto, who trek eastwards towards Chile in search of help, may be the notional heroes, but the film is rather poignant in its resistance, against the conventional rules of screenwriting, to singling them out as such.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
As the coastal storm becomes more organized on Friday, rainfall will shift north and eastward into parts of the Carolinas and Virginia.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
Adverb or adjective
On Wednesday, the NWS will survey Clark County, Indiana eastward through the Prospect area of Oldham and Henry counties.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2024
While a perception exists that manufacturing jobs in Europe have shifted eastward, Elias van Herwaarden, head of location strategy for Colliers Occupiers Services EMEA, points out that manufacturing jobs created via FDI since 2019 have been predominantly in western and central Europe.
—Courtney Fingar, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Engineers then sculpted the sand into a hook that curved eastward along the shore, ensuring that waves would push the sand northeast toward beaches near The Hague.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
Light rain is also possible for areas of eastern Texas on Thursday before showers spread across the Mississippi Valley by Friday as a cold front slowly heads eastward, AccuWeather forecasters reported.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
That line has shifted eastward in recent decades, and corn states risk becoming drier, requiring more irrigation.
—Max Bearak, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
Winds are expected to gust above 40 mph on Saturday and Sunday in several states as the storm system moves eastward across the country.
—Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Cybele Mayes-Osterman A winter storm is expected to usher in a snowy start to spring, with snowfall already beginning in parts of the Midwest on Friday morning before the storm moves eastward to drop snow on upstate New York and New England later in the weekend.
—USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Damaging thunderstorms are expected to fire up late Sunday afternoon from central Texas to central Kansas and track slowly eastward through the evening.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
On February 1, residents of Montana spotted a massive, white sphere drifting eastward.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
These storms will intensify and track eastward overnight along the Ohio River, moving into parts of Ohio by early Wednesday morning.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
The Houthis are extending their power eastward and southward by making tribal alliances, worrying Saudi Arabia because the leadership is comprised of Zaydi Shiites, and the Saudis fear Iranian influence (although there is little evidence of this).
—Charles Schmitz, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2011
Because a little rain fell after midnight from Interstate 95 eastward, the two-day totals for the storm reached 2.16 inches at National and 2.28 inches at BWI.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
But there was an equally vigorous sea trade from India eastward, to Indonesia.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
But every few years, the trade winds that blow from east to west weaken, allowing that warm water to slosh eastward and pile up along the equator.
—CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
Nando and Roberto, who trek eastwards towards Chile in search of help, may be the notional heroes, but the film is rather poignant in its resistance, against the conventional rules of screenwriting, to singling them out as such.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
As the coastal storm becomes more organized on Friday, rainfall will shift north and eastward into parts of the Carolinas and Virginia.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
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