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View definitions for westward

westward

adjective as in western

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With so many people so desperate to move westwards, one of the British Government’s prime tasks, if it is to keep its promise to reduce illegal arrivals, is to start cracking Turkey’s people-smuggling model.

From BBC

Almost certainly, it was commanded to fire its thrusters in the mid-1970s to take it westwards.

From BBC

The United States in particular tied its burgeoning national identity and westward expansion to the settlement and acquisition of cattle-ranching lands.

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"As the U.S. expanded westward, sheriffs played a central role in assuring that some groups of people — particularly white people and white people with access to property — had the ability to retain their power."

From Salon

Although it has now weakened into a tropical depression, authorities have warned Yagi will create more disruption as it moves westwards.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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