: northward direction or part
sail to the northward
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Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
As global temperatures rise, pests like the fall armyworm, widely known for damaging crops like corn, are advancing northward, causing severe damage in areas from Texas to the Midwest, where these threats were previously unheard of.
—Valeria Kogan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Cloud cover looks concentrated from Orlando/Titusville northward.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
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Campobasso suffered Nazi bombardment as the Germans sought to counter the Allied advance northward to Monte Cassino in the fall of 1943.
—Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
As global temperatures rise, pests like the fall armyworm, widely known for damaging crops like corn, are advancing northward, causing severe damage in areas from Texas to the Midwest, where these threats were previously unheard of.
—Valeria Kogan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
From Kansas northward, temperatures will be below zero at points, Orrison said.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Cloud cover looks concentrated from Orlando/Titusville northward.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Northward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northward. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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