Located about 100 miles east-southeast of Curacao, PTC 2 is rapidly moving westward near the northern coast of Venezuela. Monica Garrett, CNN, 29 June 2022 That system was moving westward and could move onshore along the Texas coast tonight or early Thursday, bringing heavy rain to that area. Leigh Morgan, al, 29 June 2022 The usual route is between Chicago and Milwaukee, although some of those silver-and-blue-coated trains continue north and westward, like Amtrak’s Empire Builder which eventually ends a few days later at Seattle’s King Street Station. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 From its headwaters in British Columbia where the Rocky Mountains crest, the Columbia River flows south into Washington state and then westward and into the Pacific Ocean at its mouth near Astoria, Oregon. Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022 The state was founded by white men who were determined to expand slavery westward — the conflict that sparked the Civil War. Jaden Edison, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Aug. 2022 Heavy black smoke had been seen billowing from the facility since late Friday, in a plume that extended some 93 miles westward past Havana and over the sea, local meteorologist Elier Pila Fariñas said on Twitter. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022 It is expected to track westward or northwestward and into the central Atlantic by midweek. Leigh Morgan, al, 6 Aug. 2022 Since then, Auburn has rolled over the state like a, well, navy blue tide, surging westward. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2022
Noun
Suddenly, the pilots saw them — two triangular drones, each roughly eight yards wide, speeding westward.New York Times, 13 July 2022 In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow has continued to ship natural gas westward and Europe has used the energy to power industry and heat homes. Charles Riley, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022 Its capture by the Russians was part of a broad advance westward that included troop movements from near Kharkiv and the more eastern city of Izium, where Russian and Ukrainian units are still locked in battle.New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022 My westward trek started on Sunset Boulevard, in the parking lot of Will Rogers State Historic Park. Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2022 As a second disturbance passes through the Northeast on Sunday, more snow showers are possible downwind of the Great Lakes and on the westward facing slopes (upslope areas) of the Appalachians.Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022 After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Ukraine several times attempted to assert and defend its westward course, including in 2004 and in 2014, both times to great resistance on the part of the Kremlin. Jan Smoleński, The New Republic, 4 Mar. 2022 Germany took a significant step toward that goal Wednesday when Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that his government was halting authorization of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to bring Russian gas westward.Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022 There are several places on our westward-facing exterior wall where the plaster on the inside wall bubbles up.Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
Adverb Or Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above