toward

Example Sentences

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If her daughters don’t go to college, the money can go toward something else.

From The Wall Street Journal

“More credible steps toward de-escalation are finally emerging, critically including on Iran’s side,” Westpac Strategy Group said in commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal

Less than three weeks before it burst, Indian and Swiss disaster experts journeyed to South Lhonak Lake to put up a weather monitoring station, the first step toward installing an early warning system.

From The Wall Street Journal

Near Rangpo, the Teesta joins with another river and carries on toward the Bay of Bengal.

From The Wall Street Journal

British singer-songwriter Lola Young is opening up about the “breaking point” that steered her toward recovery.

From Los Angeles Times